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50% tariff.
Plastered on India.
We didn’t blink.
EU protested.
Japan negotiated.
China retaliated.
India?
Calm.
No panic.
No midnight flights to Washington.
No “urgent bilaterals.”
Why?
Modi’s ego?
Blind nationalism?
Or… something darker?
A game running 11 years deep.
May 2014.
South Block.
First briefing.
NSA Ajit Doval leans in.
“Sir… if India wants great-power status…
expect U.S. heat.
Trade. Tech. Oil.
Our enemy isn’t China.
It’s dependency.
Tariffs.
Sanctions.
Dollar chokeholds.
Defence strings.”
The room went still.
“Solution?” Modi asked.
Doval: “Decouple risk.
Build leverage.
Not anti-U.S… pro-India.
Bring Gulf and Africa closer.
Build buffers.
Own our seas.
Weaponize our market.”
The plan lit.
And it burned for a decade.
18+ Hours Works
2014
Make in India Launched.
First hooks in the wall.
2015
Qatar LNG renegotiation.
Long-term energy locks.
2016–17
UPI goes live.
GST knits the market.
Payment diplomacy is born.
2018
Iran sanctions teach fuel-finance fortification.
Whiteboards fill with sanction-resilience drills.
2019
National Electronics Policy.
Stop just assembling.
Start owning components.
2020
PLI tsunami: ₹1.97 lakh crore.
Across 13+ sectors.
Rafales touch tarmac.
2021
Strategic Petroleum Reserves expansion.
Quiet, boring, vital.
2022
INS Vikrant sails.
UAE CEPA.
Australia ECTA.
2023
UPI - PayNow link.
Rupee trade corridors multiply.
Dollar choke-points lose bite.
2024
MIRV Agni-V test.
20-year Qatar LNG.
Chabahar Port deal.
2025
Services exports $387.5B.
U.S. slaps +25% tariff over Russian oil.
Impact?
Not existential.
RBI loosens SRVA rules.
Oil mix rebalanced.
Market weapon ready.
This wasn’t ego.
It was armour.
In 2013
GDP: $1.86 trillion.
2025: $4.19 trillion
We’re 4th-largest economy.
$17.65 trillion PPP.
GDP per capita rose,
~$1.45K to ≈$2.9K.
PPP $11,938 by 2025.
Growth stands at 6–8%,
Making us the fastest major economy.
FDI?
We went from shaky reformer to global darling
$300 billion inflows since 2014,
$81 billion in FY25 alone.
Poverty halved;
Macro stabilized;
Market confidence sky high.
I know it was Painful Journey.
We ended up Paying High Taxes.
But it was for this moments.
And yes,
It makes America uncomfortable.
Because here…
the Viceroy’s chair is empty.
Because here…
puppets have no strings.
Tariffs?
They clang against armour, not chains.
We sip our chai.
We count our tankers.
We guard our seas.
We fly our own skies.
And our finance?
Not your Colonial charity,
Thank you very much.
No, the garlands won’t go to Modi.
He’ll be mocked.
Branded.
Hated.
I’ve got my own laundry list of criticisms.
But this phase…
This pain…
This was the Agni in the furnace.
And now,
What will the West do when they can't bend Bharat?
When the memos and sanctions don’t bite?
Will the next captain keep the altitude steady?
Or…
Will we trade sovereignty for a seat at their tea party?
Your move, Sahib.
- Brilliant piece by Narayan Kumar.
"The stick we’ve been getting from the media the last couple of weeks, jump on the bandwagon and and get at The Arsenal. It’s fashionable."
George Graham’s speech after the battle of Old Trafford in October 1990. #AFC
Am going to write something about Arsenal to make everyone feel a bit better this morning.
I work with every major club and many of the top ones are shareholders in my business.
Right now, Arsenal on and off the field and the project we are building is the envy of world football. Agents calling constantly to get their players in to the club because every player wants to play for us, the brands wanting to work with us. Club is working on ideas to help the fans more and get more of us to see the team we love. Arsenal are feared. That is why you see the nonsense in media this country. It’s great. The owners are super committed and long term investors and not scared to invest for long term.
As for Mikel and the team and all the staff… Wow! This hurts right now and nothing is given in life or football, but we are on a path that will mean games like last night and how we are performing over the last two seasons will become just normal. I have never been more excited about where we are going. Enjoy it, it is going to be fun. Plus win at Wolves Saturday and you never know… walk tall today, our club oozes class and let’s stick together.
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