7 January 2021 We are watching what is called in plain terms- anarchy! We had an invasion of what is arguably the oldest building other than Westminster which has witnessed continuously a tradition that we call Constitutional Democracy- The US Capitol. We are clear where we stand now, because a fancy mob of motivated miscreants […]
6 January 2021 The idiom ‘ brazen it out’ acquired a whole new meaning since 2016 with the advent of Trumpism, which has had its epoch from the Inauguration Day 2017 when the famous ‘crowds for the swearing in’ came into fray, signalling a beginning of a Presidential term that was going to be based […]
4 January 2021 Now that India the world’s largest democracy has started vaccination for Covid19 by first allowing Covishield by AstraZeneca OXford for emergency use and as a standby for reasons best known to the mysterious corridors of power and wisdom in Lutyens Delhi the Covaxin by Bharat Biotech as a ‘reserve’ vaccine in the […]
02 January 2021 After centuries, the voice of a people long suppressed found mention. A people who had been wished away by the White Man were restored to the anthem of a continental nationhood that was constructed by this Western Compact, one that surprisingly evolved far differently than the smaller island colonies further south and […]
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2021 India’s Destination 3
30 December 2020 ‘Divorce or Discovery?’ So where are we headed now? We are now in a ‘each person to themselves’ situation, one made politically palatable by our Prime Minister using the Atmanirbhar slogan! Folks more astutely observing the political scenario are warning that we are heading toward some kind of bottomless abyss, which is […]
29 December 2020 So will we ever see a Stacey Abrams? Will we hear an Indian version of Mayor Pete? Two key voices that mobilised American voters in this election of 3 November 2020 that saw the highest turnout in recorded American election history, at the height of this pandemic! We know Trump almost toppled […]
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2021 India’s Destination
28 December 2020 There is nothing like destiny said an elder. We have chosen this arc of our times in ways we have yet to understand, but for which we have sufficient pointers. I am sure that if we looked at 2020, we started as a country may be a bit nervous, but no one […]
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Flashville @ Nashville
26 December 2020 I have waited for some time to see if any details will emerge that could be confirming my initial analysis of what went down in the main streets of Nashville, in front of its tallest building belonging to AT& T on Christmas morning in the State of Tennessee.My initial thoughts were simple […]
24 December 2020 While commentators in US were shocked and surprised at Trump’s actions as president in the last 24 hours, his throwing a spanner of veto on two pieces of legislation that are much needed and for which lot of bipartisan effort including support from his Government officials went in, and his flurry of […]
23 December 2020 If four years ago I had seen a US military member mention the word- ‘take over’ I would have simply baulked at it and dismissed it as nonsense. If any country was coup-proof after India, it was the USA! Yet watching General Michael Flynn actually mouth words to that effect https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-special-counsel-martial-law/index.html, with […]
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