Aśōka ( 𑀆𑀰𑁄𑀓 )

எழுத்தாளர் ஜெயமோகன்: இன்று ஜோசப் விஜய் தமிழகத்தின் முதல்வராகப் பதவியேற்கிறார். நான் அவருடைய சர்க்கார் படத்திற்கு எழுதியுள்ளேன். (கிட்டத்தட்ட சர்க்கார் படத்தில் நிகழ்ந்த எல்லாமே அவருடைய அரசியலிலும் நடைபெற்றன. இறுதியில் அவருக்கு எதிராக ஆளும்கட்சி எதிர்க்கட்சி இரண்டும் இணைவது வரை) நானறிந்தவரை அவர் நிர்வாகத்திறன் மிக்கவர். அவருடய திரைத்திட்டமிடல், பொருளியல் திட்டமிடல் இரண்டுமே அப்பழுக்கற்றவை. உடனிருப்பவர்களை நுணுக்கமாக புரிந்துகொள்பவர். பிறர் அவரை கையாள்வது முற்றிலும் இயலாதது, இருபதாண்டுகளாக அவர்தான் பிறரை இயல்பாகவே தனக்காகக் கையாள்கிறார். சர்க்கார் அவருடைய அரசியல் இலக்குகளை சொல்வதற்காகவே எழுதி எடுக்கப்பட்ட படம். அவரே வகுத்தளித்த பார்வைகளே அதில் உள்ளன. தன் இலக்குகள் நோக்கி துல்லியமான திட்டமிடலுடன் சென்றுகொண்டிருப்பவர். கிறிஸ்தவ நம்பிக்கை கொண்டவர், ஆனால் குடும்பச் சூழலில் இருந்து உருவான இயல்பானதும் மிக வலுவானதுமான ஒரு மதச்சார்பின்மைப் பார்வை அவருக்கு உண்டு. முதல்வர் பணி என்பது அவருக்கு கடினமானதொன்றும் அல்ல. தமிழ் மக்கள் ஒரு மாற்றத்தை விரும்பியிருக்கிறார்கள். அவர்கள் விரும்பியபடி நல்லன நிகழ்க.

I am loathe to take advice from someone who ran a country the size of a large housing colony in a Tier 2 city in India and needed press muzzling laws to do it. There are many things to admire about Lee, but he is in no position to advise on governing India, he is far from qualified to do that.

Dear Mr. Vembu, I am welcome? IIM professors told me otherwise when I tried to apply to come back to teach future managers cybersecurity as a risk management discipline, something I thought I could do for India by training future generations to lead Indian companies in a cyber-informed manner. I was told to get another PhD in MIS to be worthy of teaching (I had a PhD in Computer Science from Stonybrook one of the top places in my field) Basically they wanted to hire their own students (a practice frowned on internationally) and actively were condescending or passively dismissive to anyone who was not. And I had a privileged position from a desi lens, as my father had been a professor at the same institution. I now do the same for one of world’s biggest medtech companies, wrote a book in the medical device space on this risk management concept extensively used in many other large medtech companies and I say this to preempt the “oh well you were not good enough”. Those who have known me on social media for two decades know that I am not the humble brag type. (I also applied to private management institutes. One of them sent me an email a year later after I had applied asking me to appear for an interview in two days promising to pay me second class train fare from where I was, which I presume would be difficult from Chicago (that’s where I was then)) So all this sounds great on X but unless institutions change in India, away from old babu culture, people who want to come back on their own (I already had my green card so I wasn’t trying to come because of visa issues, but from a genuine desire to leave a legacy) will find themselves blocked and demotivated. Thanks

If you do this in the United States, you could face up to 7 years in jail, but here it's normal and no one gives a f*ck.

If Trump's claims are correct, Iran has capitulated and virtually surrendered; if Ghalibaf's claims are correct, Iran is holding firm and Trump is imagining things; if media reports are correct, the deal is +/- JCPOA which means Americans get a little more than JCPOA, Iran gets lots more than JCPOA, which is a total defeat for Trump and Iran will emerge as regional hegemon with Saudis losing their regional and religious primacy and dependent on Turks and Pakistanis for their security in return for money. Trump doesnt appear to have a stomach for war resuming. Iran also doesn't want the war to resume. Question is can they find a middle ground. But this middle ground (as opposed to Iranian capitulation) will be a victory for Iran and a defeat of the Arab Gulf states.

The Price of Ritual Protest: After New Delhi this week rejected “mischievous attempts by the Chinese side to assign fictitious names to places which form part of the territory of India,” Beijing doubled down, saying it will continue to “standardize” names in territories it claims but does not control. The irony is that while India invokes the need to “stabilize and normalize” bilateral ties to counsel Chinese restraint, Beijing feels no such compulsion. In effect, China believes it can continue to provoke India with predictable regularity without jeopardizing the relationship. New Delhi, by responding each time with little more than ritual protest, is teaching Beijing that such provocations carry no cost — and therefore no reason to stop.

- “Indira Gandhi throttled free speech. Vote us.” (Voted) (Voted) (Voted) - “Modi throttling free speech.” - “Didn’t Gandhis do it too? Why single out Modi?”