After decades of inaccuracy, Office of the United States Trade Representative post shows correct map of India with regions of Kashmir integrated. India had called out earlier US depictions.
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran presented the Economic Survey 2023-24, displaying a map where each Indian state and Union Territory was renamed after a country with a similar population.
Many Muslim communities, Shia and Sunni alike, often respond through a religious lens. That lens slips into a tribal thinking, shaped by ideas like the ummah.
When conflict with Iran ends, says the report, area’s key players are likely to reexamine longstanding assumptions & alliances as they determine how best to advance their interests.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
It could just be a mistake ? I won’t be too excited but it’s fun to see some outrage on the other side.