Sadanand Dhume

RT @WSJ: From @WSJopinion: Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces his stiffest economic test since taking office more than a decade ago. Unlike…

RT @WSJopinion: Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces his stiffest economic test since taking office more than a decade ago. Unlike China or t…

At Schiphol airport this morning I came across only four non-Dutch publications: The New York Times (international edition), Le Monde Diplomatique, Die Zeit and China Daily. “We used to have many more publications,” said a store clerk apologetically when I asked him about this. https://t.co/WWoyEdYojo

Fascinating to see this upsurge of small-and medium-business owners pointing out how little has been done over the past 11 years to make it easier to do business in India. This is not something that the BJP’s IT cell can counter. In their hearts even they know it’s true.

Yusuf Unjhawala 🇮🇳 @YusufDFI

What is heartening from the @PiyushGoyal speech fiasco is people coming out in numbers to talk about the pain of businesses. EODB narrative is being rung hollow. Some of us have for a long time talked about issues, now there is a deluge. Thanks to the minister for this blunder.

Timeline cleanse: dogs on a log. https://t.co/7LUcgpAdGj

The country that pioneered the industrial revolution is about to become the first G7 member without the ability to make steel domestically from scratch. https://t.co/nS9FYKzrsE

“Christian nationalism [in the U.S.] is about christianizing the nation, Hindu nationalism [in India] is more about nationalizing the Hindus.” Worth reading this fine essay by @bill_drexel. v @JonahDispatch https://t.co/xjliE9iCwf

Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch

Great to have @bill_drexel writing about Hindu Nationalism for the Dispatch. I met Bill on my Indian adventure. https://t.co/QupabqrHrP

Much to criticize in India’s education policies, but to their credit Indian policy makers have never gone full crazy like American progressives who stopped teaching algebra because children from all races weren’t doing equally well in it. https://t.co/J4hDneZR5Q

Just FYI for those prone to easily trust AI, both Grok and Perplexity spat out wrong answers when asked to identify this painting. Not sure if Chat GPT would do any better.

Sadanand Dhume @dhume

I’m fine with people who make lists of all the awful things Aurangzeb did, but why do so few of them remember the bearded man in this painting? https://t.co/h9jRiNPWhM

I’m fine with people who make lists of all the awful things Aurangzeb did, but why do so few of them remember the bearded man in this painting? https://t.co/h9jRiNPWhM