@gauravsabnis His hand was forced. Much as I admire his accomplishments (one of the most consequential 1-term presidencies ever), he should’ve decided this much earlier, at least 6 months ago.
The piece by Tunku Varadarajan on Usha Chilukuri Vance in Wall Street Journal is one of the most ideologically driven pieces about Indian Americans!! I don’t have much to say about Usha Vance but this moment is producing all kinds insidious narratives about Indian Americans. 1/1
@gauravsabnis Dalllas-Forth Worth downtowns have some great art museums (Kimbell, Dallas M of A, Modern AM of FW) and works of great architects, if that’s your thing.
@gauravsabnis Bizarre to bring this up again. Last year an old video of his was posted by an acolyte friend in WhatsApp, here’s a screenshot of my response (I compose in gmail).
@gauravsabnis Didn’t know Chicago had a painting. The only arch project of Corbusier in the US is at Harvard, though he collaborated on the UN Building in NYC!
@peeleraja Steer clear of politics, make a conscious effort to veer convos to common ground topics. Non-bhakt traits can be compelling enough to not lose connections. We’re all multitudes!
@ReasonedCenter@RazRazcle@paulg There has probably always been ideological tribalism that implicitly forms conformity (or purity), e.g. white-only or men’s only tribalism that resisted civil rights and women’s suffrage for long times.
@RazRazcle@ReasonedCenter@paulg Have to start somewhere and as I said, nothing here has the potential to shut a brilliant candidate off. There may be un- and half truths, like many typ applications, now but in time it’ll evolve for the better.