Let it not be misunderstood that today in the Democratic Republic of India, any body — not even an obscure, even maybe obscurantist writer like me — would be foolhardy enough to argue for the Manu Smriti to replace the Constitution of India. That would be sheer political sacrilege today in India… No, none ofContinue reading “Peter Turchin, “Manu-Smriti” and the “distress” of “Elite Overproduction” looming over India – (Part 3 of 3) CONCLUDED”
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Peter Turchin, “Manu-Smriti” and the “distress” of “Elite Overproduction” looming over India – (Part 1 of 3)
In June 2023 — around the time that the terrifying storm of havoc caused by the Corona Virus abated, Peter Turchin, an American social-scientist published a book with a title as terrifying as the great Pandemic itself. The book “End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration” https://a.co/d/6tKhBYZ very soon attracted the attentionContinue reading “Peter Turchin, “Manu-Smriti” and the “distress” of “Elite Overproduction” looming over India – (Part 1 of 3)”
The most lethal weapon Trump can deploy to instantly end Ukraine war is not Tariffs or Sanctions …
The most lethal and effective weapon Donald Trump can deploy to instantly end Ukraine war is not Tariffs or Sanctions … It’s weaponising American tech-giant companies . Or, even threatening to deploy it . How is that possible ? Here is a plausible explanation : Trump can commandeer all the undersea fibre-optic cable networks aroundContinue reading “The most lethal weapon Trump can deploy to instantly end Ukraine war is not Tariffs or Sanctions …”
Utterly perplexed by the Trump Tariff War, I interviewed “Perplexity”to understand the mayhem!
1. In what conceptual ways are the trump tariffs expected to start bringing in revenues to America ? Perplexity: The Trump tariffs are conceptually expected to bring in revenue to America primarily by imposing taxes on imported goods—importers pay these tariffs at the U.S. border, and the collected funds go into the federal government’s generalContinue reading “Utterly perplexed by the Trump Tariff War, I interviewed “Perplexity”to understand the mayhem!”
Modi-ji, Please don’t let the current Trump-tariff crisis of India go waste!
Below ⬇️ is a jingoistic “forwarded message” that’s going viral on the Whatapp University circuit. Why is Trump angry with India? Is it only because India is buying oil from Russia, or is that just an excuse? And why is it that we are not able to sign even a mini Trade deal, leave aloneContinue reading “Modi-ji, Please don’t let the current Trump-tariff crisis of India go waste!”
India: “no country for intellectuals”?
https://open.substack.com/pub/thedigitalmeadow/p/the-death-of-the-public-intellectual?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web The above article is an excellent commentary on the subject of the waning vigour of the traditions of intellectualism in public debate within the general life of societies right across the globe. Why is the modern public intellectual a dying species? The above essay traces the cause to many reasons in America. But afterContinue reading “India: “no country for intellectuals”?”
Now that USA has entered the Iran-Israel War, what, in my assessment, will be the repercussions?
In my crystal-ball view, this is what is likely to happen between the medium to long-term: End of story . And oh, BTW, by the end of his term in office, Donald Trump will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and all of us can live happily ever thereafter. It will then seem to usContinue reading “Now that USA has entered the Iran-Israel War, what, in my assessment, will be the repercussions?”
Pakistan is not a nation. It is really the badlands of the “Wild West”… So, let’s not second-guess our Prime Minister or doubt his judgment
Many people in India today are upset over PM Modi’s perceived pullback on an all-out attack on Pakistan after having successfully degraded if not destroyed its inland terror infrastructure. They are further infuriated that Modi was upstaged by Donald Trump in the declaration of ceasefire between Pakistan and India . “Trump claims he stopped warContinue reading “Pakistan is not a nation. It is really the badlands of the “Wild West”… So, let’s not second-guess our Prime Minister or doubt his judgment”
The Pahalgam Tragedy
What holds back India from belligerent retaliation is the irresolvable question of legitimacy of its sovereignty over Kashmir in the eyes of the world. It gets raked up all the time when either a conflagration like Kargil or a tragedy like Pahalgam happens. How to permanently establish such legitimacy? I’m going to suggest here aContinue reading “The Pahalgam Tragedy”
Which is the more beautiful word: “Tariffs” or “Trickle-down”?
For over 30 years America believed that globalisation and free-market economics would succeed in making America Great — through “trickle down” theory of wealth distribution at home and in converting China into a liberal-democratic manufacturing vendor-colony. As the Chinese guy in the video-clip rightly explains, it didn’t quite work out that way . “American 1-percenters” , the greedyContinue reading “Which is the more beautiful word: “Tariffs” or “Trickle-down”?”