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India wants to fit into value chains, not own them. MAGA shouldn’t think it’s China

Speaking in New Delhi last week, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau warned that “we will not make the same mistakes with India that we did with China 20 years ago.”

Marco Rubio at Munich was wrong. Civilisations don’t determine foreign policies

Marco Rubio is competing against JD Vance to be the next Republican presidential nominee. He is trying not to lose the MAGA base, but struggling to junk his old Republican roots.

US intervention in Venezuela is about MAGA anxiety, not just drugs or oil

MAGA’s opposition to H1-B visas for Indians has become rather well known, but compared to Hispanic immigration, the India question pales into relative insignificance.

Why are angry Americans calling Texas Hanuman statue a ‘demon’?

The statue was unveiled with both ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ playing in the background. Outside temple walls, dozens of conservatives gathered in protest.

A slugfest is on in American Right. MAGA is preparing for the post-Trump era

Erika Kirk’s AmericaFest conference turned into a gladiatorial colosseum for the growing rift among conservative politicians and influencers.

Epstein files and what they mean for the American anger against elites

Of all academic institutions, it is at Harvard, the richest and perhaps the most powerful academic institution in the world, that Epstein’s ties appear to have flourished most.

Indian-Americans are hating on Indians. They think it will save them from MAGA

What becomes obvious is what many of us knew all along: degrees won’t save you from racism, and the “model minority” tag definitely won’t.

America under Trump — more than democratic backsliding, less than a right-wing revolution

The attempted revolution faces three structural limits, and is likely to falter.

India’s brain drain powers Trump’s MAGA dream. Numbers prove the irony

In 'Secession of the Successful', Sanjaya Baru explores why Non-Resident Indians are increasingly turning into Non-Returning Indians.

After steaks & Bibles, brand Trump’s latest offering: smartphone that’s cheaper than an iPhone

US President Donald Trump’s sons have announced launch of Trump Mobile, a mobile service and smartphone brand. On offer is ‘The 47 Plan’ & a smartphone for $499.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

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.