a quick read on the trump tariffs imposed today. they will hurt, yes, but India didn’t do as badly as feared, and there are medium to long term benefits from competition and reduced protective tariff walls.
Here's that same tale done by a different creator-team (as you can imagine, everyone and his brother are now scrambling to re-create/re-tell their favourite tales from mythology and post them online)
This one looks like an episode:
My comment: Just as the sage Vyasa needed the help of Ganesha to transcribe the Mahabharat, likewise it seems that Indian content creators need the help of AI to render things like mythology. When there is a gap between aspirations and abilities, then there's the hope that new advanced tools like AI may be able to span that gap.
Their voice acting has been improving over previous earlier work which left a lot to be desired:
@ 3:10 -- We get a post-credits easter egg reveal scene, like in Marvel movies, haha 😁
Move over, Marvel -- there's a new MCU.
MCU = Mahabharat Cinematic Universe
Here's the work of yet another production house with their own take:
(Production needs more quality control)
Forget Lord of the Rings. or Game of Thrones -- it's raining Mahabharat stories now. There seem to be more studios and storytellers than there are stories available to tell. Should I be welcoming this flood of devotionalism - or should I see its sudden copious quantity as a kind of spam?
Move over, Hollywood -- here comes Holy-wood.
Perhaps it's a bit of a self-indulgent use of resources compared to using AI to cure cancer, though (but oh well, we Indians are known to be pretty self-indulgent... so... indulge away... carry on.)
My instinct would be to use a flagship series to help launch a streaming service, like an Indian nationalist version of Netflix, so that you build up your own ecosystem around your own hub, instead of having to piggyback off somebody else's. But you can't copyright the Mahabharat, since it's prior art. Maybe someone will start a Kurukshetra channel to show "All Mahabharat, All the Time"
China desperately wanted India's EV market: And India gifts it just that. China's BYD to build first EV plant in India amid rising global trade barriers... 'Hindu nationalist' sarkar falls for China's fake moves to restore peace on border. Global EV domination is key to China's "peaceful rise".
India's pre-emptive surrender: "In comparison to other major economies, India's pre-emptive surrender on multiple trade fronts - without the US imposing a single country-specific tariff - makes it appear exceptionally vulnerable to pressure tactics."
Is Elon Musk helping China?Rubio sponsored the UFLPA, and he is a well-known China hawk. But Musk has business ties to China through his auto company Tesla. It sources batteries from battery maker CATL. Tesla recently wrote the administration warning the tariff war could make its cars more expensive.
Trump and China: "He doesn't have strong issues with China's authoritarian system. He doesn't really have issues with China's regional aggression as long as those regional aggressions do not immediately threaten American interests."
Cable cutter: China’s cable cutter could sever 95% of world communications, work at extreme depths
Huawei-linked firm makes an impressive debut: China’s SiCarrier surprises chip industry by unveiling extensive range of chip equipment at SEMICON 2025, potentially breaking ASML’s dominance
Tesla killers: China is racing to unleash its super-smart cars
China's clout: Trump floats reducing tariffs on China to secure TikTok deal
US push for grand trade agreement with IndiaThe US is pushing India to negotiate a "large" and "grand" bilateral trade agreement while seeking opening the agriculture sector for American businesses, saying "it just can not stay closed".
Sweatshop advocates: Mr. Amitabh Kant, Advocating an 80-90 Hour Week is Abetting Multiple Offences
WIN-WIN!: Solar panels above waterways and farms... Gujarat innovation spreads world over!
Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom and now Intel: Major US tech firms now have Chinese-descent individuals as their CEOs, shows how valuable China’s talent is for the tech industry.
Astonishing, if true: China’s in-House EUV machines reportedly entering trial production in Q3 2025, utilizing an approach that offers a simpler, efficient design; SMIC & Huawei to benefit greatly
Han juggernaut: Why a Chinese Gadget Company Can Make an Electric Car and Apple Can’t
'India Has Missed Every Bus': "India has missed every bus; not just one. We don't know which bus is coming next. I know for sure it will miss that too. To imagine that by 2047, we will be better than the US or China is just living in a dream world".
Britain is still a formidable player in the world of international relations. Alas, it adds to entropy and chaos and the loss of human lives and rights. Perfidious Albion it still is.
