cautionary tale for india. interesting though that they think modi will win next year.
Monday, April 29, 2024
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Divergences Between Israeli Nationalism and Indian Nationalism
I was just musing about past and future confrontations across history. After Bill Clinton's Israeli-Palestinian "peace process" collapsed during the late 90s, a huge wave of violence erupted in its wake with the Palestinian uprising ("intifada"), led by the PLO under Yasser Arafat. The teetering Israeli govt of Ehud Barak fell, and the more hardline Netanyahu came to power. It was also then that some of Israel's supporters among its diaspora in America decided they needed to spawn a new NeoConservative ideology as means to fight what they saw as the common enemies of Israel and America (ie. they needed a new justification for America to bail out Israel and stomp on its enemies). That's where NeoCons like Victoria Nuland came from, and why the US illegally invaded Iraq to destroy Saddam Hussein. It's also why Nuland is willing to spare no effort in harassing even faraway countries like India, in her determined pursuit of her aims.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu was looking to crush the Palestinian uprising at all costs. He decided that the best way to do this would be for him to support Hamas, the more radical rival of the PLO. ("The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend") By supporting the rise of Hamas in Gaza, he was able to use them to evict PLO from there, in a classic divide-and-rule strategy. So while PLO continued to rule in the West Bank, they were much weaker due to the loss of Gaza to Hamas.
Just like American support for AfPak jihadis boomeranged by causing 9/11, likewise Netanyahu's support for the Hamas jihadis boomeranged by causing Oct 7. He knows this, and is trying escape accountability for his own shortsightedness, by heaping destruction on the entire population of Gaza. He's basically carrying out a Final Solution, while US watches awkwardly and obediently ships them more bombs.
Netanyahu has no intention of allowing any future possibility of a Palestinian state, and this also means wiping out the existing Palestinian presence "from the river to the sea."
The Hebrews are so named for being "the people beyond the river" - the particular river being the Jordan river.
The Hindus are likewise another "people beyond the river" - the particular river being the Indus.
But America showers Israel's side of the river with petals - and that's why the Israelis love to promote American world dominance., since they get to ride on America's shoulders.
Meanwhile, America pisses all over us on our side of the river - and that's why we don't want a US-dominated world like India does, because that just means Washington will keep pissing all over us. We'd like a more multi-polar world where we won't be as pissed upon.
So there's a key difference in what Israeli nationalists want and what Indian nationalists want. Israelis, unlike Indians, need America as their Far Emperor.
But it's also worth remembering that America's founding fathers, who had fought to overthrow the British Empire, did not want their own country to become an empire. Had they felt otherwise, they would not have architected the US Constitution in the way that they did. That's why they wrote in separation of powers, and fundamental protections for political freedoms, including freedom of speech. The Israelis need for those protections to be more permanently removed, so that they can further collar America as their Far Emperor. A more aggressively imperialist interventionist America may be in their interest, but it's not in our interest.
Monday, April 22, 2024
book review: amb TPS' authorized biography of rajeev chandrasekhar
https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/ep-126-book-review-can-rajeev-chandrasekhar?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
can bjp win in the south with a message of development and a candidate with actual experience in wealth creation and startups?
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Leaked Memo Says NYT CENSORS Words: 'Genocide,' 'Palestine,' 'Ethnic Cleansing'
NYT showing its communal bias, playing soft on some but not others:
Of course they're happy to use the most disparaging words when covering India, because of their agenda.
Monday, April 15, 2024
now that the manifestos are out, trivandrum offers a stark contrast in visions
this goes far beyond the individual candidates shashi tharoor and rajeev chandrasekhar.
it is a clash of metaphors. and it is a piquant choice: reward the fecklessness of the past, or look forward to development?
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Quick notes: AI Iceberg | Value of a degree...
- The AI Industry Is Steaming Toward A Legal Iceberg: Legal scholars, lawmakers and at least one Supreme Court justice agree that companies will be liable for the things their AIs say and do—and that the lawsuits are just beginning. Several legal experts say Section 230 will not protect firms from lawsuits over the outputs of generative AI, echoing SCOTUS Justice Gorsuch's 2023 statement.
- Overselling the AI hype: Copilot on Windows is no reason to buy a new PC. Just not useful
- Value of an Indian engineering degree: IIT-Bombay is yet to place almost 36% of its students in the ongoing placement season. Other IIT campuses in Delhi and Kanpur have reported similar problems in the last few years. This has raised questions about the condition of India's job market and the value of an engineering degree in these changing times. United Nations data suggests that India's graduate unemployment has reached almost 30%. Is it time for you to rethink your degree?
- India moved fewer people to non-agri jobs than neighbours: India has managed to move a smaller share of its working-age population away from farm-related work than Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka”.
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Enemy within: Building spree in the Himalayas is increasing the risk of disaster on the tense China border
'People for Himalaya' Issues 5-pt charter of demand for political parties: A complete ban on all mega infrastructure projects, such as those related to the railways, dams, hydro projects and four-lane highways in the Himalayas, and have urged for referendums and public consultations to be made compulsory for all development projects.
India: No country for a Green Party? Mainline political parties have maintained a deafening silence on environmental issues even as the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign gains momentum and fury. - Politicians feasting off Hindu devotees' offerings: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has expedited the distribution of house site pattas and registration process for employees and workers. The TTD had sanctioned funds and allocated more than 1,000 acres of land for houses to as many as 14,500 employees.
- 'How to love in Sanskrit' (HarperCollins): A collection of Sanskrit love poetry, translated and edited by Anusha Rao and Suhas Mahesh.
- How China's BYD Overtook Tesla:
- China's sponge cities: Making cities 'spongy' could help fight flooding — by steering the water underground
- Climate change hypocrisy: Guyana President wrecks BBC reporter trying to lecture him on climate change.
Friday, April 12, 2024
Re: will development issues swing the thiruvananthapuram election?
Namaste Rajeev ji,
Thank You for this ground report. I am watching this contest keenly and am quite impressed by Rajeev C's approach and promises. Of course I don't vote here so that does not matter :)
My constituency is Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishen. He is average but we dont need him, Gorakhpur is developing by leaps and bounds because of Yogi ji!
I am so glad you mentioned the Travancore Royals. The fact that they are at the basis of Kerala's positive indices is blanked out by the Communists.
In conclusion, do you really have a soft spot for Tharoor ? I find I am allergic to him and switch channels when he is flicking his hair.
Happy Elections!
Sumedha
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Tuesday, April 09, 2024
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