_*]:min-w-0 !gap-3.5″> The Mamdani Prediction History doesn’t repeat at the same place, but the pattern stays the same. Bengal, 1757 Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah ruled Bengal badly. He was unjust and abrasive. Jagat Seth…
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The Absurdity of Government Lockdown with Filibuster
Government Lockdown in USA. It is 33 days since the Government lock down is going on in the USA. Reason is that no budget could be passed. It is not due to lack…
USA’s Tactical Preference over Strategic Policy
_*]:min-w-0 !gap-3.5″> In USA Tactics Replaces Strategy: USA is exposed again. Former CIA officer John Kiriakou spent 2002 running counter-terrorism operations in Pakistan. His revelations expose something worse than policy failures. They…
President Trump and his baggage of conflict of interest
_*]:min-w-0 !gap-3.5″> President Makes Policy and Family Gets Rich The sequence is simple enough. President Trump signs a law in July 2025 that regulates stablecoins. His family launches crypto businesses. Those businesses…
Hindu Nationalist: The Weaponized Slur
Who is Hindu Nationalist? There are two ways people view India’s history with invaders, whether invader is Chugtai Turk aka Mughal or British. Group 1 believes those invasions had some justification. They…
A Legal Framework for Analyzing “State Failure” events.
_*]:min-w-0 !gap-3.5″> 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…
New York Incidents: A Comedy of Mis-Communication
_*]:min-w-0 !gap-3.5″> 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…
Merit needs support to flourish not reservation in jobs.
_*]:min-w-0 !gap-3.5″> 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…
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.
_*]:min-w-0 !gap-3.5″> 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…
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
_*]:min-w-0 !gap-3.5″> 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…