Great piece of writing ! 🤩👍👏 Sudarshan Madabushi ——————————————————— Khalid Umar: What’s wrong with Bharat as a Hindu Rashtra? This article originally appeared on Khalid Umar’s Facebook page. It is alleged that Narendra Modi/BJP want to make India a Hindu State. If that is so, I question, what is wrong about India being a HinduContinue reading “What’s wrong with Bharat as a Hindu Rashtra?”
Category Archives: Geo-Political
My conversations with Meta AI on Republic Day 26 January 2026 tells me that India must now emulate China and stop trying to ape the West
These are the questions I asked Meta this morning; What would India be today if it had not attained Independence in 1947 ? If India hadn’t gained independence in 1947, it would likely be a vastly different country today. For starters, it would probably still be a *Dominion of India*, with the British monarch asContinue reading “My conversations with Meta AI on Republic Day 26 January 2026 tells me that India must now emulate China and stop trying to ape the West”
India and the “sick men of Europe”
https://www.ft.com/content/24d5d526-b970-4e53-a262-9a678319ce23?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1f4iYveiDk2f4y0qUqx2zLN3Y-ifaZmkJ3b_AyasslcsoRyVKdlAcawbM_aem_cfO_7bAc56d_I9pBHi1jPg Reading the FT London article reminded me about how once upon a time, in the 1980-90s Turkey and then more recently in 2009-12, Greece too, were both regarded as the “sick man of Europe”. Today Europe or the EU appears to well qualify for that epithet of UN-eminence : “sick man of the world”.Continue reading “India and the “sick men of Europe””
Macroeconomics they never taught me at university : “The Zelensky Effect”
One of the important lessons in modern economics they never formally taught me when I was at university is that when faced with impending woe and imminent recession, the two most effective policy-measures a nation’s leaders will resort to while trying to dig themselves out of the hole they themselves in the first place dugContinue reading “Macroeconomics they never taught me at university : “The Zelensky Effect””
A rare piece of irreverent yet so refreshingly truthful journalism
The essay below is a rollicking, bawdy read. It’s full of bar-room profanity typically of the American kind. Such a profusion of choicest four-letter expletives in what purports to be a dubious Op-Ed piece made even me blush a little … and I’m no prude when it comes to occasionally using unparliamentary “pardon myContinue reading “A rare piece of irreverent yet so refreshingly truthful journalism”
Take a back-seat “vishwabandhu” and start worrying more about “prativeshi bandhu”
From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/asia/sri-lanka-election-results.html?smid=em-share Leftist Leader Elected President as Sri Lanka Rejects the Old Order. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis and crushing hardship for many people. ************* India now has new regimes ruling its immediate neighbourhood with whom it sharesContinue reading “Take a back-seat “vishwabandhu” and start worrying more about “prativeshi bandhu””
How long will India keep wiggling ?
Bangladesh unrest: Former PM Sheikh Hasina alleges US plot to oust her for refusing Island handoverhttp://dhunt.in/W2kvs It’s about time that India’s foreign policy recognises that the USA is exactly what Henry Kissinger once said his country was : “It’s dangerous to be an enemy of America . But to be a friend of America canContinue reading “How long will India keep wiggling ?”
High Noon in Pakistan
An Indian like me across the unfriendly border from Pakistan cannot help finish reading this article with sadness rather any sense of schadenfreude. https://thefridaytimes.com/25-Jul-2024/the-looming-showdown-in-pakistan “Pakistan’s democracy has been mangled by repeated overtures to authoritarian tactics, often to justify violence and oppression. That has resulted in a hostile and polarized political landscape, where finding any commonContinue reading “High Noon in Pakistan”
The misrule of Democracy maketh Man intolerant
Take a good look at the Infograph above. 11 out of 26 countries in the list have a satisfaction score of 50% or above. So, democracy after all is not manna from heaven. Democracy in Asia seems to work better than rest of the world … 5 out of 8 countries have satisfaction score ofContinue reading “The misrule of Democracy maketh Man intolerant”
Brace yourself for Arundhati Roy winning the Nobel Prize for Peace sometime 2024-29
Please read this and ponder over ⬇️ https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/world/united-nations-human-rights-office-urges-indian-authorities-to-drop-cases-against-author-arundhati-roy-over-comments-on-kashmir/cid/2029993 This lady is a fine writer in English, of course, but then we know that her literary output — apart from a single much feted debut novel published 30 years ago — has been very near zero. Her life path thereafter has taken her only on theContinue reading “Brace yourself for Arundhati Roy winning the Nobel Prize for Peace sometime 2024-29”