I think you’re finding your voice again. The last few articles have been excellent. I felt the few before that had sentiments that were not entirely convincingly coming through in the articles.
Good to be looking forward to your articles each week again.
Have been reading Western media for over a decade now and having also lived in the West, the thing that stands out to me is how utterly corrupt they are. Half-truths and selective outrage is applied not just to India but even within their own countries. This applies to both right and left. This is all about controlling the public and access to power and money. They are also used by their governments as the occasion arises to promote narratives. So, no! Don’t bother to “engage” with them. The more you grovel, the more contempt they have for you. Instead, build your own credible, high-quality media, including streaming platforms. I also read the article on Mahmudabad in Swarajya. I think he worked cleverly and India’s dumb BJP politicians fell into the trap. Any line that “Muslims are so ill-treated in India” will always have takers in Western media. Where there is demand, the supply will follow.
We cannot have it both ways. Making a conscious choice of the West, led by the United States, as a long term strategic partner of choice, for both security and economic cooperation, and then run a parallel narrative ( not my favourite word ) of how they are conspiring all the time, most incredibly sometimes in collaboration with China, to run us down. Authoritative global media values its masthead, in a way many of our channels do not. One day at the height of the fighting was especially egregious. We must engage with it. Not as a lobbying or PR exercise but a serious conversation with a country whose global salience is increasing. We should also be very mindful of global indices and where India figures in them.
I think you’re finding your voice again. The last few articles have been excellent. I felt the few before that had sentiments that were not entirely convincingly coming through in the articles.
Good to be looking forward to your articles each week again.
Have been reading Western media for over a decade now and having also lived in the West, the thing that stands out to me is how utterly corrupt they are. Half-truths and selective outrage is applied not just to India but even within their own countries. This applies to both right and left. This is all about controlling the public and access to power and money. They are also used by their governments as the occasion arises to promote narratives. So, no! Don’t bother to “engage” with them. The more you grovel, the more contempt they have for you. Instead, build your own credible, high-quality media, including streaming platforms. I also read the article on Mahmudabad in Swarajya. I think he worked cleverly and India’s dumb BJP politicians fell into the trap. Any line that “Muslims are so ill-treated in India” will always have takers in Western media. Where there is demand, the supply will follow.
We cannot have it both ways. Making a conscious choice of the West, led by the United States, as a long term strategic partner of choice, for both security and economic cooperation, and then run a parallel narrative ( not my favourite word ) of how they are conspiring all the time, most incredibly sometimes in collaboration with China, to run us down. Authoritative global media values its masthead, in a way many of our channels do not. One day at the height of the fighting was especially egregious. We must engage with it. Not as a lobbying or PR exercise but a serious conversation with a country whose global salience is increasing. We should also be very mindful of global indices and where India figures in them.