While my website is under repair, some links to publications:
♦️Books:
-Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana Through India.
https://t.co/bABo0yXuAs
-Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras.
https://t.co/my8jG1eJym
[see🧵for articles]
#ExpressOpinion | @JonahBlank writes
Brutality isn't coincidental to Trump's programme, it’s central to it. Trump hopes to terrify all other Renee Goods — that is, all the rest of us — into submission
https://t.co/BZxWBijQPi
Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"
Tomorrow, the Nobel committee will announce its Peace Prize.
If there is any justice whatsoever left in the world, it will not be given to Donald Trump. Not tomorrow, not next year, not ever.
My latest, in @IndianExpress:
https://t.co/x7SlZMeTAB
India Tonight | Why does President Trump want the Nobel Peace Prize so badly?
"He has done nothing to deserve it..." Jonah Blank, American journalist, explains his take amid Trump's claims of ending seven wars, the Obama factor and ego
Full segment https://t.co/kt4Qkm2OHB
@SumitaKareer@JonahBlank
Tomorrow, the Nobel committee will announce its Peace Prize.
If there is any justice whatsoever left in the world, it will not be given to Donald Trump. Not tomorrow, not next year, not ever.
My latest, in @IndianExpress:
https://t.co/x7SlZMeTAB
Thank to @pescami and the crew at @PescaGist for having me on to discuss the #GenZ revolt in #Nepal-- and Next Gen protests throughout #SouthAsia, #SoutheastAsia & the wider world.
Here's the link for Spotify:
https://t.co/nfQbYQouXL
And at YouTube:
https://t.co/3i9BNm0IHA
Thanks to @pescami and the crew at @thegist for having me on to discuss the #GenZ revolt in #Nepal-- and Next Gen protests throughout #SouthAsia, #SoutheastAsia & the wider world.
Here's the link for Spotify:
https://t.co/nfQbYQouXL
And at YouTube:
https://t.co/3i9BNm0IHA
At the UN General Assembly in less than two weeks, six of the last hold-outs will recognize statehood for #Palestine.
Soon, the only two nations denying this basic human right for #Palestinians will be Israel & the US.
My latest in the @IndianExpress:
https://t.co/kebcRcMwlC
India Tonight | Tariff Tan'Trump': "India is doing the right thing by standing up to Trump," says Jonah Blank, American author and journalist
Full segment - https://t.co/vqxj1nKUSY
@SumitaKareer@NivedhanaPrabhu@JonahBlank#TrumpTariffs
The good news from the #AlaskaSummit is that it didn't result in a complete capitulation of Ukraine's interests. But Trump had preemptively surrendered to Putin’s key demands long before reaching Anchorage.
My latest in the @IndianExpress:
https://t.co/mGeedrPIGt
In trying to understand why Trump smacked them with huge #tariffs, citizens of #India should remember two pieces of advice given to the lovelorn.
♦️It’s not you, it’s him.
♦️He’s not capable of a relationship with ANYONE.
My latest in The @IndianExpress:
https://t.co/JdP6Nllm9h
India Tonight | "Donald Trump’s shamelessness is his superpower, credibility isn’t in his toolkit — and trade talks have nothing to do with Russian oil!"
Tune in for this power-packed chat with Jonah Blank: https://t.co/0lCwDKWIlI
@SumitaKareer@jonahblank
Trump slapped #India with punitive #tariffs of 50%-- the highest in Asia, perhaps in the world.
It's not due to purchases of Russian oil.
It's just a fit of pique, due to India's unwillingness to accept humiliation.
♦️My latest in the @IndianExpress:
https://t.co/JdP6NllTYP
#ExpressOpinion | “ The best long-term option is a return to the JCPOA: A status quo that contained Iran’s nuclear programme, without forcing Tehran into precisely the sort of choice it faces today. After seeing what happens when one doesn’t possess a nuclear deterrent, why would any sane Iranian leader not race full-out for a bomb?”
@JonahBlank on how Trump and Netanyahu’s decisions will make Iran’s nuclearisation less immediate, but eventually more certain
https://t.co/6vFEf0XbZN
@razibkhan@ZohranKMamdani I look forward to reading it-- I haven't seen much reporting about @ZohranKMamdani 's community, and as someone quite interested in Gujarati bania communities I'd be quite interested to learn about it.
The Khojas are a Gujarati bania community-- the one from which Jinnah descended.
The Daudi Bohras are a different group, also Gujarati banias. For others who wish to learn more about them, I can recommend a fine book on them (Disclosure: I wrote it):
https://t.co/CAhOb0mO3p
Thank you-- I can wholeheartedly recommend "Mullahs on the Mainframe." (Disclosure: I wrote it).
https://t.co/CAhOb0mO3p
The two strands of Ismaili Shi'a Islam diverged late in the Fatimid Caliphate:
💠The Bohras are Musta'lis.
💠The followers of the Aga Khan are Nizaris.