American democracy in chaos: Trump’s disruptive actions echo Mao’s Cultural Revolution
In the whirlwind of Trump’s brazen assault on Washington’s policies and practices, echoes of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution are flickering. Most starkly, the intimidation and sacking of the “leftist woke” officials by Trump’s zealous acolytes and young “Muskrats” bear eerily resemblance to the actions of Mao and his teenage Red Guards, who in 1966 began […]
Australia-India Relations: The Father, the Son & a Ghost or two
By Rakesh Ahuja 1. My father was posted to the Indian High Commission in Canberra in 1961. K R Narayanan was then the Acting High Commissioner (Note1). In 1963, the new Indian High Commissioner presented his Credentials to (William Sidney, 1st Viscount) Lord De L’Isle. The setting was the Governor General’s Residence, Government House, Canberra. […]
Indian-origin Diplomats in New Delhi: Australia was the Trend Setter
#Indian-origin, #Diplomats, #DFAT, #DHC
Artificial Intelligence: Testing It
#Sister, #Relationships, #Family, #AI Test
Modi’s silence on atrocities against minorities is disturbing
#Modi, #Minorities, #Hindutva, #Autocrat, #Albanese
Sino-Indian Relations: Time to take a Stand
#China, #Indo-Chinese Border, #Chellaney, #Sikkim, #Salami
Modi, the Elected Autocrat, is no Democrat
#Modi, #Autocrat, #Media, #Democratic Leader
Russia et al – Stray Thoughts
#Re-Stalinisation, #Putin, #Ukraine, #Stakhanovites, #Gorbachev, #Raisa
Australia India Relations: Bilateral Economic Developments
#Australia India
, #DITR Integration Study, #ECTA
EMojis – A New Language?
#Language, #emojis