Prianthi Roy

Country Forecast Manager @TheEIU. Economic & political analysis & forecasting of Europe. Previously @JPAL. Manchester 2017 | SMU 2013. Views own.

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Rouble’s strength piles pressure on Russian war economy https://t.co/9sYboQA7Ae via @ft

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@PratitiLikhchi Have they ever met an Indonesian?

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Photo of the decade.

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Decided to be a good citizen. Inspired by PM’s call for austerity, left the car at home.
Auto to the Metro station: ₹30. Metro ticket: ₹30. Feeder bus for the last stretch: ₹20. Total one way: ₹80. Return journey: another ₹80. Grand daily total: ₹160.
My car gives 14 kilometres to a litre. Office is 7 kilometres from home. Roughly ₹100 a day, door to door, including the petrol and the quiet dignity of arriving without fuss.
Public transport, in other words, costs me ₹60 more than driving myself. Per day. In a city with a functioning Metro.
This is what we call last-mile connectivity gap — the small, unglamorous gap between the grand infrastructure and your actual front door. Austerity, apparently, is for the commuter alone. The PM travels by motorcade. The last I checked.

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I was scrolling Instagram Reels on my phone, as one does on a Saturday morning, and it started blaring a klaxon and I got a notification: Extremely Severe Alerts. Needless to say, my soul left my body. Can't wait to see the unwanted side effects of the government's test signal!

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Incroyable

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🚨🇫🇷 NEW: The location of the French aircraft carrier, FS Charles de Gaulle, has been given away by a sailor using Strava whilst jogging on the ship deck

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And we are back to 10%. https://t.co/YsEENBa8z2

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Tariff whiplash. Here we go again. https://t.co/swz9bdRQQs

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We flagged the possibility of Iceland triggering a EU referendum vote in early January of this year. https://t.co/qWaG7rEigC

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Snap election or not, Denmark's Social Democrats are poised to win. https://t.co/4Ied1oGTvy

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I debated whether to share my story on here, but I guess I will.

I think there's an idea out there that millions of violent criminals are pouring across the border, carrying machetes and drugs, looking to harm Americans. Certainly, while some people fall into that category, the vast majority of undocumented immigrants don't.

My family escaped Vietnam after the Tet Offensive and went through an arduous journey that eventually landed them in the Canada. My father worked there for a time as a janitor; my mother, a secretary. When work fell through, my dad was offered to work with his sister in the United States, so he went, as our family needed money. He ended up staying in the US longer than he was supposed to — not knowing immigration laws — and asked my mom to come be with him. Of course, she went and carried me over the border while I was still a baby.

I'm still unsure whether we technically broke an immigration law. The border between Canada and the United States was pretty porous (as it is today, for the most part). But either way, since I came here without legal documentation, I eventually fell into the category of being an undocumented immigrant. Yet, I've been in the United States since I was a baby. My identity and roots are very much based in this country, no different from anyone else.

The lack of legal immigration has totally shaped my life. It has made every interaction with the law much scarier. It has shaped which opportunities I could or could not get. It has taken an emotional toll, as this legal issue hangs over your head like a black cloud.

There are millions of people in my situation — people who were brought here as children, some babies, and were unable to raise their hand during this process and say "maybe we should hire a lawyer." Parents may have crossed the border not knowing about the law, as the law can be pretty confusing and lawyers are expensive. Perhaps, in the end, they should have hired a lawyer; but sometimes life is messy. In the end, they crossed for the same reason many people rise every day: to support their families.

I think it's unreasonable to deport millions of people who have contributed positively to society. It's simply not true that the majority of these people are violent criminals carrying drugs. Many own small businesses; many work as skilled laborers (including garment workers!). The vast majority are good, honest people. For those of us who grew up in the United States, sending us "back" to our "home" country would mean sending someone to a foreign land, as they grew up in the United States. Tearing families apart based on immigration status seems inhumane.

About twenty years ago, I watched with some small measure of hope that the Dream ACT would pass and help a portion of undocumented immigrants. I saw people march angrily in the streets (something I supported). But I was dismayed to see nothing really come about. In fact, when Obama passed DACA, I was skeptical that it would be sensible to give your information to the federal government without a guaranteed path to citizenship. It seems that the Trump administration may use those lists to hunt down immigrants.

I think the ICE sweeps are inhumane. I support and admire the protestors who are putting their bodies on the line for non-violent resistance. Ultimately, I think we need to solve this issue on a systemic level. It's unreasonable to me to expect that the government will deport some 10-20 million people. Even deporting 1 million will cause an insane amount of chaos, not to mention an incredible amount of wasteful government spending. The militarization of law enforcement is over the top and only escalate the situation.

I have seen people march on this issue, only for it to be dropped later and dissolve into quiet grumbles. In the end, nothing is done for immigrants. Time passes until decades later, we have another political crisis like the one we have today. This cycle seems unsustainable. I hope people sustain this energy to solve the immigration issue and put undocumented immigrants — most who are peaceful, skilled, and hard-working citizens — on a path to citizenship. As time continues to go by, many undocumented immigrants are seeing their lives wasted away.

If you care about this issue, I hope you get involved on the long haul: volunteer for pro-immigrant groups, donate to mutual aid, and perhaps pursue career paths that help people in this situation. I was moved to read someone on here say that, when they found their employee was undocumented, they helped them get a green card. The path was difficult, as our immigration system is broken (it took them 11 years). But I can tell you that this is like pulling someone drowning in raging waters.

Ultimately, I hope me sharing this story helps push back against the idea that all undocumented immigrants are MS-13 members. I know many people in my position and they are all like your neighbors.

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Being a female manager and I'm only one in four in the formal private sector in India. Despicable.

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Donald Trump vows to lower US drug prices by up to 80% https://t.co/KdDtgDOnKw via @ft

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The new UK-India FTA will eventually eliminate the vast majority of each countries' tariffs and liberalize bilateral services trade too.

And they did it all without self-destructive tariffs & related chaos.

Lessons abound. https://t.co/xcdtlHCTXG

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From @TheEconomist Espresso: Novo Nordisk cut its 2025 sales forecast for the first time since launching Wegovy, its blockbuster obesity drug, citing competition from cheaper copycat versions made by pharmacies. Still, earnings beat expectations, rising by 22% year on year.

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a number that “far exceeds” how many can be delivered on its launch day of June 5th. This month Nintendo delayed its American pre-order date until Thursday, citing uncertainty over tariffs. (2/2) From @TheEconomist Espresso.

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How Trump's tariffs are affecting amateur gamers like you and me 👉 Gamers hoping to promptly get their hands on the Nintendo Switch 2 may be disappointed. Furukawa Shuntaro, Nintendo’s president, reported that 2.2m people in Japan alone had applied to pre-order the console—(1/2)

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True crime documentaries and Scandi noir shows are food for the soul on sick days 🤒

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