Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 18/12/2024It seems the US plans to create a buffer state in South Asia between Bangladesh and Myanmar are coming to fruition. Big L for "Chanakyas" Modi, Shah, Doval and Jaishankar. www.india.com/news/world/b...india.comBIG trouble for Bangladesh as Arakan Army seizes control of country's territory amid worsening relationship with India, Muhammad Yunus now in...Bangladesh has been witnessing an unprecedented crisis since Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign as the Prime Minister and flee the country. 150
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 16/12/2024I can probably buy a car now from money I made trading CARTRADE stock over the last year. 😂 010
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 13/12/2024which is why i'm a big fan of his music, as a fellow simpmedia.tenor.coma red sign that says 100 agreed in white lettersALT: a red sign that says 100 agreed in white letters 010
Reposted by Traveling SalesmanChaz Hutton @chazhutton.com · 11/12/2024Googling Stuff: Then v Now. 221167666345
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Looks like Modi is on the verge of ending democracy in India with "One Nation, One minus One Election". 021
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 12/12/2024This is a great summary of the current Indian economic scenario. youtu.be/gczF-37ktfEyoutu.beWhy is India slowing suddenly? | Middle Class Bachao, Economy Badhao | Challenges of Indian economyYouTube video by The Bond Economist - by Dr. Aurodeep Nandi 040
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Indian RBI data from 2024. Per capita phone ownership has declined in India since 2017. 15% of the Indian population doesn't have cellphone access. 002
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Fascinating Planet Money episode on how George Soros broke the Bank of England and forced UK to devalue the Pound. One of the main actors, Scott Bessent, was then an analyst at Soros' Fund and is now Trump's nominee for Treasure Secy. open.spotify.com/episode/1gHJ...open.spotify.comGeorge Soros vs. the Bank of England 010
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 11/12/2024media.tenor.coma frog is holding a megaphone in his mouth and shouting .ALT: a frog is holding a megaphone in his mouth and shouting . 010
Reposted by Traveling SalesmanGeneral Iroh needs a long long walk @ihearthaggis.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I hope that entire town and all its coaching centres just burn down. They've ruined so many lives and normalised rat race mentality for whole generations! 021
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Nehru was probably one of the most woke Indians of his time, perhaps even more woke than Indians of today. Hence the irony... 093
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Good riddance...hope this town dies... youtu.be/6D9pR3U5bkoyoutu.beDeserted streets, empty hostels: Kota is facing test for survival, competing against edtechYouTube video by ThePrint 252
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Insane...epitome of Hindu Rashtra...Uttar Pradesh 050
Reposted by Traveling SalesmanThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/12/2024Google said its quantum computer needed less than five minutes to perform a mathematical calculation that one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers could not complete in 10 septillion years, a length of time that exceeds the age of the known universe.nytimes.comGoogle Makes New Quantum Computing BreakthroughGoogle unveiled an experimental machine capable of tasks that a traditional supercomputer could not master in 10 septillion years. (That’s older than the universe.) 1541136215
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Love Jihad Award Wapsi Gang Khan Market Gang Lutyens Liberal Sickular Urban Naxal Rice Bag Dhimmi Anti-India Soros Gang Green Terrorist 041
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Looks like the revenue secretary responsible for tax terrorism and fucked up GST is the new RBI governor. Even Shaktikanta "demonetization" Das was not pliant enough for the Modi syndicate. www.ndtv.com/india-news/r...ndtv.comRevenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra Appointed New RBI GovernorRevenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra has been appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will take charge from Wednesday for three years, the government said in a statement. 260
Reposted by Traveling Salesmanmanish vij @mvij.org · 09/12/2024The billionaires are out in front, let’s not sell T••••’s brigands short 011
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Even in the 1980s, India has a domestic industry which manufactured things like electrical appliances, toys, tools etc. Much of it was shoddy but still 100% Indian. Today all these goods are Chinese imports. 221
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024your views are too ridiculous to even try to counter 100
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024sorry but i can't take these views seriously lol 100
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024I disagree with this. This false equivalence of "BJP is as corrupt as Congress and RSS is unhappy with Modi" is what RSS wants people to believe. 101
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Yes, like Titan smartwatches are basically white labelled chinese watches. if you look for any gadgets online, you will find the same chinese product sold under ten different brand names by 10 importers. 100
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Yes, even today their method is to infiltrate existing organizations bit by bit and take them over gradually by radicalizing the existing members. They do it everywhere, from the army, judiciary...even resident associations in housing societies. Social Media was a godsend for them. 020
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024The INC is in a pinch, they don't know how to articulate progressive values in a time when the "overton window" has been shifted so far right, that cultural progressivism especially around the Hindu religion sounds treasonous. 111
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024yes yes, I did...Mathadi capitalism he he...ie only monopoly based rent seeking but no real value addition 120
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024...especially because the Trump admin looks like such a mirror image of the Modi regime...ie a projected hardline authoritarian, a focus on cultural majoritarianism, and actually controlled behind the scenes by capitalist billionaire cronies. 151
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024I think that the few big American conglomerates that invested big in India are getting this now and so we see the US government, at the behest of corporate America, cracking down on India's no.1 crony capitalist ie the Adani group. It will be interesting to see if the Trump admin continues this. 133
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024So today we have a scenario where the BJP has stagnated the Indian economy for 10+ years. The economy is controlled by Indian crony capitalists who don't make anything, but only serve as gatekeepers and middle-men for Chinese imports. And the promised billion+ consumer class is now a mirage. 232
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024The big industrial houses have also aligned totally with the BJP and provide it with massive financial backing. In return, the BJP carved out monopolies for them and backtracked on liberalization. The western companies that invested in India over the last 2 decades are really feeling the pinch now. 131
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Everyone bought this lemon, and since then BJP has used its power to radicalize the Hindu masses more and more. To the extent that the economic agenda has been left by the wayside, and the bulk of Hindus care only about cultural majoritarianism as long as they get a few handouts here and there. 131
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024The global financial crisis was an inflexion point, where BJP managed to convince Indians that the INC was corrupt and could no longer deliver progress at the rate they were accustomed to for 15 years. They propped up Modi as an authoritarian unlike Manmohan Singh but with the same economic agenda. 132
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Together the BJP, its NRI supporters and the nascent billionaire class convinced the US that the BJP was the party to support if it wanted greater market access to India. The era of liberalization under Manmohan Singh also showed India as a stable country with a growing consumer class. 122
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024So naturally these NRIs have gravitated towards the BJP, because it promises both: a complete focus on Hindu cultural majoritarianism to the exclusion of everything else, which also in turn guarantees India will not have any kind of meaningful social and scientific progress. 112
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024These "Non-Resident Indians" (NRIs) have a schizophrenic attitude towards India: They want a Hindu cultural resurgence because they want to feel less ashamed of their origins, but they also really don't want India to prosper, because then it would invalidate their choice to immigrate away from India 222
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Mostly, these are kids who crammed for competitive exams during their childhood, and left Indian shores at age 20, without understanding the country very deeply. Their model of Indian history and current affairs is very shallow and based on conspiracy theories and their own inferiority complexes. 123
Traveling Salesman @definite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Around this time, the Indian diaspora in the North America, Europe, Aus and Middle East had risen to become a significant political force. This diaspora, IMO, is largely muddle-headed and suffering from all sorts of cultural inferiority complexes. 143
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