this guy is a dipweed, but he does say nice things about the indian diaspora

oct 26th, 2008

i found his book on great powers quite nasty, especially since he totally denies the possibility that india could be one. according to him, it's china and the us, that's basically it. we have discussed him on this blog before: see http://rajeev2004.blogspot.com/2008/01/desi-uncle-tom-outlines-sonia.html and http://rajeev2004.blogspot.com/2006/02/getting-india-right.html

http://www.esquire.com/features/indian-diaspora-1008

for an obama supporter, he certainly surprised me by talking about the 'indian' diaspora, not the 'south asian' diaspora. also, if i remember right, he's been subject to "mohammedanism by injection" via his (pakistani?) wife.

so it's a little funny that he generously awards a sri lankan, sinhalese, tv woman to india as well. shows he's a wee bit unclear about where india ends. but as i said, good for him that he's not doing the 'south asia' tango.