Ruchir Sharma
Public policy reformer | Satire, media, foreign policy, neo-colonialism, philhellenism, Titoism | Jayaprakash Narayan/Kwame Nkrumah/Koča Popović revivalist |
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State institutions see advocating for Hindus as a reputational risk. Defeat and stigmatisation leads to a sense of national shame, self-Orientalism and inferior status. "[Such]...
"The situation is so bad that the German military has become a favorite punchline of late-night comedy shows. The German military, to be sure, is no stranger to mockery and ridicu...
"Raped, abused, exploited: Ukrainian women seeking refuge in Israel find no haven: A harrowing examination reveals much abuse sliding under the authorities’ radar — or being willf...
Christian missionaries target the birthplace of Buddha in Nepal: Converting people to another religion is illegal in Nepal, but missionaries are willing to risk prosecution to spr...
"India has historically been an independent-minded polity, and this is very much our image. As our economy and capabilities have grown and we draw more on our heritage and traditi...
"And, the critics ask, for what? What did turning our back against the Russian Bear bring us? Did the West come to our aid when the Turks and Azerbaijanis attacked?" - @SohrabAh...
"Last year Zhang was invited to a “collective study session” of the Communist Party Politburo to lecture the leadership on how China should stop trying to mimic the West and judgin...
"With too many would-be rulers, and not enough positions for them all to fill, Turchin argues, the result is invariably a large number of disgruntled also-rans who combine intellec...
"The regulations, announced by state regulators this week, bar Chinese celebrities from publicly endorsing or advertising health, education and financial commodities, including e-c...
"Students in Germany on the poverty line: One in three students in Germany lives below the poverty line. State subsidies to cover the rising cost of food, gas and electricity are...
"[T]he Danish state decides whether areas are deemed ghettoes not just by their crime, unemployment or education rates, but on the proportion of residents who are deemed “non-weste...
ॐ शांति। Thanks for the memories, king, including your iconic concert with Shaan at Narsee Monjee College's fest 'Umang' in 2002-03 and for giving us a better time capsule of 90s...