What is State Failure? The distinction between “intelligence failure” and “state failure” is crucial. Intelligence failure implies inadequate information gathering or analysis. State failure, properly understood, occurs when adequate information exists but…
Category: Politics
New York Incidents: A Comedy of Mis-Communication
The Day Nobody Talked to Each Other New York: September 23, 2025 became a perfect example of what happens when institutions refuse to communicate. Three incidents in New York showed how the…
Merit needs support to flourish not reservation in jobs.
Beyond Caste: A Talent Hunt Solution for Modern India Leaders Who Rose Without Quotas Four Presidents of India reached the highest office without reservation benefits. K.R. Narayanan became President in 1997 after…
Once upon a time, Microsoft saved Apple.
The Day Microsoft Saved Its Greatest Enemy August 6, 1997. Boston’s Macworld Expo. Apple is dying. Stock price collapsed from $70 to $4. The company has maybe 90 days of cash left….
Jawaharlal Nehru’s Betrayal of India
Nehru’s Betrayal of the Rowlatt Act and Salt March Causes This is a story about two incredible moments in India’s fight for freedom and how they were let down by one of…
Arrogance is not Leadership
The Arrogance Trap How to Identify Toxic Leadership Patterns Before They Damage Your Organization Leadership requires confidence, but when that confidence crosses the line into arrogance, it becomes a destructive force that…
Socialism: A hat that has lost its shape.
Socialism: Beyond Methodological Confusion Background Socialism is a political hat worn by so many ideologies that it has lost its original shape. The fundamental confusion surrounding socialism stems from conflating methods…
AI: A new beast to work with
Problems in working with AI AI can produce hallucinations, concocting false narratives or stereotypes, and propagate lies by reinforcing harmful social myths. It can sanitize the text you have given without telling…
India’s most lucrative start ups: Political Parties
The Great Indian Dal-Con™ Tax-Free Political Parties, Coalitions, and the Art of Asset Allocation By: A Tax-paying Observer with No Political Ambitions (Yet) Welcome to the subcontinent’s most exclusive startup ecosystem: the…
When Dexter writes to Rahul Gandhi.
Dexter Morgan’s suggestions for Rahul Gandhi CLASSIFIED: Behavioral Dossier on Mr. Rahul Gandhi Compiled by: Dexter Morgan, Forensic Analyst (Consultant to the Shadow Operations Desk) Intended Circulation: Senior Strategy Committee, Congress Party…
A satire on Reegu’s atom bomb of stolen votes.
📺 THE NATION WANTS TO KNOW: Basanti Power Stolen? [Opening music, moving graphics, blazing headlines across screen] Text on screen: BLO GONE ROGUE? REEGU’S TANK TOP BLAST! Arnab (thundering): “Good evening ladies…
Donald Trump is Danny Crane without Alan Shore.
Donald Trump is Denny Crane Without Alan Shore: The Limits of Performative Leadership Both Denny Crane—the legendary, bombastic attorney from Boston Legal—and Donald Trump exemplify a style of leadership built on bravado,…
Small Town Lawyers: Inspiration from Abraham Lincoln
Small-Town Briefs and Lincolnian Echoes: India’s Many Lincolns The Small Town Lawyers. Preface: Redefining the Lincoln Analogy While the United States reveres Abraham Lincoln—the rural, small town lawyer who rose to…
Fictional Youtube video directs UK Prime Minister to resign.
Silent Force v Starmer: The Constitutional Crisis of UK due to Silent Force v Starmer: A Clash of Law and Power According to youtube channel Britain Talks, the United Kingdom (UK) Supreme…
The Maharashtra Castling and future Politics
In July 2022, I wrote a piece comparing Maharashtra’s politics or power arrangement to the Putin–Medvedev switch in Russia. That analysis, once seen as metaphorical, now reads like a fulfilled prophecy. What…
Why everything has to be kadak or strong in India
Why Everything is Kadak in India Introduction Why do we Indians like everything kadak — strong, intense, bold? Kadak tea. Kadak coffee. Kadak spices. Even our arguments, politics, and cinema are kadak….
The Great Reservation Failure
Job Reservation has failed. The Promise That Never Came. Thirty three years ago India made a promise. Reservation would create transformational leaders from oppressed communities. The policy would break social barriers. It…