What Mamata Can Learn From Modi s Approach During An Ahmedabad Event in 2013
There could not have been a better setting to commemorate Subhas Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary celebrations than Victoria Memorial in Kolkata. However, the otherwise perfect programme was marred by Mamata Banerjee’s anger towards a handful of people who chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram.’ She refused to speak at the programme and ended her “remarks” in less than two minutes.
This was vintage Mamata making many points in her own way. But, not so long ago, in October 2013, then chief minister Narendra Modi found himself in a similar situation in Ahmedabad. How Modi dealt with the situation then and what Mamata did on Saturday are studies in contrasts.
New Delhi completely misread American politics
According to media reports, the US President Joe Biden has picked as many as 20 Indian-Americans for senior positions in his government, and the common thread running through them is that none of them had anything to do with the RSS or the BJP even remotely. What a curious yardstick to apply avoid like plague India’s high-flying cultural organisation which runs the country and the ruling party that runs the government!
This does not come as surprise to anyone who was watching with horror the complete misreading of American politics by India’s foreign-policy establishment, whose incredible naïveté in assuming that Donald Trump was destined to get re-elected as US president is becoming difficult to cover up anymore.
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In a recent speech at the US National Press Club, the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, made a claim that Iran is the new Afghanistan for Al-Qaeda (AQ) militants . This outrageously gratuitous claim was a quintessential example of the servile attitude by a bevy of sycophants of conspiracy theorists. By all means, and especially after the incident in Capitol Hill, it would be unwise to term either Donald Trump or Mike Pompeo as the epitome of democracy, rather they are the mere puppets of Jewish lobbyists, weapon dealers who divided the World and created division in the society just to sell their arms. Some analysts may have termed Pompeo s hyperbole about Al-Qaeda as his analytic conclusions; but in all fairness, it was not based on the US intelligence. This could possibly have been scripted by their patrons of Israel first Middle East policy. So in this juncture, why does Bangladesh get tantamount importance to t
Lessons On Diplomacy For Modi Government As White House Turns Blue From Red
India will have to look closely at its human rights record as Democrats get to set to rule for the next four years in the US. outlookindia.com 2021-01-21T16:02:05+05:30
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The Indian establishment is confident that the change of guard in Washington will not in any way affect ever-warming ties with the US. After all, they argue relations with India have bipartisan support with both Republican and Democratic administrations rooting for it.
That is true, but there is a lesson to be learned for the Narendra Modi government: Do not go overboard when it comes to dealing with foreign leaders, however much a maverick President like Donald Trump may profess friendship and admiration for you.
Countdown Begins… America Waits For Joe Biden To Take Over As President
With Joe Biden taking oath in a few hours, Americans are hoping that the country can turn the page on the Trump era. File Photo Seema Guha 2021-01-20T19:01:17+05:30 Countdown Begins… America Waits For Joe Biden To Take Over As President outlookindia.com 2021-01-20T21:04:25+05:30
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As the countdown begins for the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris team to take over in the US, liberals are heaving a sigh of relief.
Donald Trump’s four years in the White House was one of the most divisive in recent US history, with White Supremacist groups earlier lurking in the background becoming increasingly more acceptable thanks to the President. People of colour, mainly Black Americans were the target of racial and police violence. The Black Lives Movement took root and coloured people across America became easy targets. Not just African Americans but Indians, including Sikhs,