A Friendly Warning from India to the American Midwest The Sabbatical Solution: An Open Letter to the American Heartland What if the best way to save the American century is to step off the global chessboard entirely? Writing as a friend from India, “The Unknown Sri Vaishnava” delivers a blunt, numbers-backed warning to the averageContinue reading “The Sabbatical Solution (The Gorbachev Redux)”
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न्याय की ढलती सांझ: महाभारत के समय-कूप से उपजी एक परमाणु गाथा
by M.K.Sudarshan July 20, 2026: Chennai, India महाभारत से प्रेरित एक काल्पनिक पुनर्कथन संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा के भव्य कक्ष पर एक अकल्पनीय, दम घोंटने वाला साया मंडरा रहा है, जिसने वैश्विक महाशक्तियों की पूरी व्यवस्था को एक भयावह और पूर्ण जड़ता में तब्दील कर दिया है। स्तब्ध और अवाक खड़े वैश्विक नेताओं के सामने एकContinue reading “न्याय की ढलती सांझ: महाभारत के समय-कूप से उपजी एक परमाणु गाथा”
The Moving Arc and the “One‑Tenthers” – Part 2 of 3
If the arc can be read as a product of resources and strategic geography, it can also be read as a mirror of power asymmetry. Throughout most of human history, the making of the arc’s fate has been reserved for what I call the “One‑Tenthers”—the small minority of great‑power states, imperial elites, and ruling‑class networksContinue reading “The Moving Arc and the “One‑Tenthers” – Part 2 of 3”
The Arc of Human Sorrow – Part 1 of 3
I. The Arc of Human Sorrow in the World If one were to trace, on a single map, the heaviest concentration of war, pillage, and displacement across human history, the line would run from Libya through Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Persia—an arc that has, for millennia, been less a geographical accident than a structuralContinue reading “The Arc of Human Sorrow – Part 1 of 3”
“…Only by my own morality, my own mind,” … that is “the only thing that can stop me,” Donald Trump, POTUS
Donald Trump when asked about the Constitutional and moral limits imposed upon the power of the POTUS retorted in the interview (with outlets such as CBS and the New York Times: “… only by my own morality, my own mind,” and that is “the only thing that can stop me…” That was Trump’s conception ofContinue reading ““…Only by my own morality, my own mind,” … that is “the only thing that can stop me,” Donald Trump, POTUS”
Post-Iran attack on February 28, 2026, The World can kiss “New World Order” goodbye.
The day after the Israeli-American attack on Iran and the killing of Ayatollah Khomeini, I couldn’t help falling into a self-introspective mood. Looking back at history, I thought to myself, wasn’t the world always better off when there were many little rogue-nations that nevertheless minded their own business and backyards than now, in sad contrast,Continue reading “Post-Iran attack on February 28, 2026, The World can kiss “New World Order” goodbye.”
The European Union (EU): a “tin-pot republic” in stark contrast to India’s sophisticated and enduring political Union?
The ongoing Russo-Ukraine War has badly exposed the fragility and instability of the political unity and integrity of Europe and NATO. Watching the scenes and debates inside the European Parliament makes one suspect that the Union is rapidly fraying at its seams which may give way anytime soon. As an Indian looking at the theContinue reading “The European Union (EU): a “tin-pot republic” in stark contrast to India’s sophisticated and enduring political Union?”
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 …”
The future of Indo-Pak relations: “Hyphenation” out and “Conjugation” in
https://thefridaytimes.com/15-May-2025/the-pahalgam-attack-and-the-return-of-the-india-pakistan-hyphenation?version=amp This tag of “hyphenation” in global diplomacy is as old as the hills and doesn’t apply to India – Pakistan alone. It’s been turned into some scary foreign policy phobic doctrine by the mandarins of India’s MEA over several decades now since Bill Clinton as POTUS first tried to hyphenate all of South AsiaContinue reading “The future of Indo-Pak relations: “Hyphenation” out and “Conjugation” in”
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””