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[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

That India's goal has to be "Overtaking China in GDP",

this assumption itself reflects either deep misunderstanding of IR or

(More likely) the article is written by an average anti-India bad faith US academic/ media person.

Maharashtra has a higher GDP than Russia (CIP).

[Christopher Clary @clary_co]

One point in Ashley Tellis's piece, which perhaps his title caused people to miss, is that India has an exceptionally narrow window if it is to overtake China in the 21st century. India needs a lot of things to go right for it and many things to go wrong for China. (His graph.)

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

It is precisely because of Yankees that Latin America is irrelevant.

They probably have one CIA analyst level guy sitting on a cubicle controlling whole of Latin America.

This level of quasi colonial grip of US is precisely what makes Latin America irrelevant.

[jjackdaniel 🤿 @champagnpipe]

@equanimousity ojalá los yankees de mierda leyeran tú comentario y asi nos dejarían tranquilos

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

The country of Congo with its minerals is 100x more relevant to geopolitics than whole of South America.

[𝄃𝄃𝄂𝄀𝄁𝄃𝄂𝄂 Acetaminochan 𝄃𝄃𝄂𝄀𝄁𝄃𝄂𝄂 @AnimeTylenol]

It’s Latin America, it’ll be back to red in 5 years and cycle back to the right in 10.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

Western Think Tank job - the KRA itself is ritual self humiliation.

[Nandini @NBDwrites]

How do you live with yourself, Dhume? This relentless self-loathing and self-flagellation must be exhausting.

From where we sit, it’s almost fascinating to watch someone work so tirelessly to make their own life miserable.

Whatever you’re battling, it looks like a particularly grim way to spend a life and certainly not one I’d wish on anyone.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

@NBDwrites @dhume Western Think Tank job - the KRA itself is ritual self humiliation.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

Ohhh man not that AD 52 pseudo history again.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

Leaving India alive will be their biggest regret this century. There is a whole lot of this coming in this century. Indians should Bookmark and archive each such post for the future.

[Richard Ngo @RichardMCNgo]

The worst thing the British Empire did to its colonies was probably unifying India.

They governed it fine but their centralization of bureaucratic power entrenched enormous poverty ever since (c.f. the Permit Raj).

India would have done much better as 5-10 separate countries.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

This is valuation of the economy in US dollar. Not an indication of actual Goods and Services produced.
Laughable to think Russia produces less Goods and Services than Texas

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

Size of economy

🇮🇹 Italy: $2.7 trillion
🇧🇷 Brazil: $2.6 trillion
🇷🇺 Russia: $2.6 trillion
🇨🇦 Canada: $2.4 trillion

Texas: $2.9 trillion

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

India is actually the world's largest country in terms of cultivatable land.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

Indian culture almost certainly survives so called Americanization.

3rd Generation indian Americans still have Aryan names and eat Indian food.

[Rancher Steven Nephew @vibeocracy]

This is why I laugh at the paranoia about Indian immigration in America. Yea like ok ethnic nepotism is bad, h1b system needs to be overhauled, but by and large there is NO ethnic culture that can resist Americanization.

Indian American girls are not gonna be forced into marrying their cousin Kumar so as long as their non-Indian sorority mates are marrying handsome dudes for love. And Chadjeets aren’t gonna marry Sumita if they have a real shot with Becky.

And even if the Paki girls do marry Cousin Manbij, so long as they have careers, office romances will ensue. This whole thing frays in two generations.

Your girls will clap they ass for Uncle Sam. The iPhone is more powerful than Hindutva.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

The world's largest political party needed an infra handle @indianmatrix to communicate its own achievements.

You desperately need an appraisal for your team at IT CELL.

[BJP @BJP4India]

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 🇮🇳

India's transformation is being built on the strength of world-class infrastructure. Across sectors such as expressways, metro rail, airports, renewable energy, defence exports, startups, healthcare and logistics, a substantial share of the country's current capacity has been created since 2014.

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, infrastructure has become more than just concrete and steel — it has become the engine of economic growth, employment, connectivity, national security and ease of living. Every highway, railway, airport, waterway and power project is laying the foundation for a faster, stronger and more self-reliant India.

This progress reflects a governance model driven by long-term vision, decisive policymaking and time-bound execution. The focus has remained clear: build at scale, deliver with speed and create opportunities that reach every corner of the nation.

The road to #ViksitBharat is being paved with record investments, transformative reforms and relentless execution. When infrastructure grows, the nation grows — and India is building its future like never before.

𝟏𝟐 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲. 𝐀 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 🇮🇳

#PMModi #Infrastructure #NewIndia #TransformingIndia

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

Bjp had a generational lead on social media which it completely lost in the last 5 years.

[ShaatirBanda (Blackpilled Arc) @ShaatirBanda]

Only Thing Malviya Has To Do Is Ensure This Clipping Reaches Every Single Smartphone In Every Single Corner Of Uttar Pradesh.

Then You Remember He's Malviya.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

@somnath1978 @dhume If you can remove 10-15 dialogues from Dhurandhar and cut out the last one hour from Part-2 then,

It will be the first world class propaganda product to come out of India.

At par with any of the Battle of The Bulge themed movies made in US.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

@somnath1978 @dhume Ironically he is correct.
Propaganda is best when it cannot be labelled as such immediately.

Like NYT, BBC etc.

Ecosystem of "respected awarded Journalists" often recruited as coolies who speak in a suave way and indulge in classical conditioning using selective facts.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

All this is going to go on till Dollar domination remains.

If you grade your own paper, then you will naturally remain the topper.

[Dmitri Alperovitch @DAlperovitch]

China’s share of global GDP, according to their own almost certainly inflated numbers declined to 16.7% from 18.5% in 2021.

America accounts for 26% of global GDP, up from 24% since 2021.

“Not only is there virtually no chance of China overtaking the United States as the world’s largest economy, but it is also likely that the U.S. advantage in economic strength will expand further in the next decade” 👇

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

Now that he has shown who is the king on insta,

ModiJi should be a gentleman and call Meloni and express regrets and send some sweets for trolling by his enemies.

Would set a precedent in diplomacy.

[Muji Singh Rangi @mujifren]

Prime Minister with another selfie video on Instagram

He will personally ensure the algorithm on Instagram tilt towards Right Wing Nationalists

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

@mujifren Now that he has shown who is the king on insta,

ModiJi should be a gentleman and call Meloni and express regrets and send some sweets for trolling by his enemies.

Would set a precedent in diplomacy.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

@dhume Quantity is itself a quality.

After reaching $10 trillion in the next decade and per capita metric will be irrelevant for geopolitical purposes.

The next wave of per capita prosperity will only arrive after US loses it dollar privilege which limits capital in other countries.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

Sometimes I think goras give these guys some KRA of producing x number of articles.

Only that explains this literal nonsense., 😂

[Sadanand Dhume @dhume]

The Soviet Union’s collapse made India rethink its experiment with state planning. China’s rise may force it to rethink caste-based affirmative action as well. [My take] v @WSJopinion
https://t.co/8E5FXkQQ7P

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

@dhume @rknshah @Barugaru1 India retains what it needs.

Yes the top 1% STEM mostly goes away because there are simply no industries to absorb that talent.

The average NRI is not Sundar Pichai. It's the Doordash delivery guy.

nothing wrong with it. Very difficult to compete with millions in India.

[Equanimous Traveler @equanimousity]

@dhume @rknshah This is a fake story that NRIs have told themselves for decades.

Average NRI is a reject of the Indian system. Those whow couldn't compete but had money leave.

Few hundred super successful NRIs are not the rule.

India retains most of its talent.