Dynastic Politics
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Open Thread: Who Would Be India’s Best Prime Minister, And Why?
Open Thread asking who has been India’s best prime minister among the 14, judged on criteria such as economic stewardship, institutional integrity and crisis management, with a fact sheet on…
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Open Thread – 11/19/2023
Open Thread, 19 November 2023: the host mentions a new Bangladesh podcast and Karol’s remark that Sheikh Hasina’s son is being groomed as heir, then comments on the social media…
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Pakistan of the Provinces
A short note on Bilawal Bhutto’s iftar, reading it as dynastic provincial parties pitting themselves against the military-backed Imran Khan, and observing that Baloch and Pashtun parties stayed away while…
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Is PTI the BJP of Pakistan and Imran Khan, Modi
X.T.M finds Pakistani politics worse than India’s, yet sees a symmetry between Imran Khan and Narendra Modi: both seem incorruptible and free of dynasty. He warns of hard times if…
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Old age homes (not just for politicians)
Prompted by the Congress taunt about the BJP’s ‘old age home’ for senior leaders, the poster argues that scientists, entertainers and technocrats, not only politicians, should make way for younger…
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Nawaz Sharif is coming to Delhi
As Nawaz Sharif prepares to visit Delhi, the poster quotes Maryam Nawaz’s tweet urging cordial relations with the new Indian government, with a quoted profile of her as a rising…
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“Look at me, I’m here to end all your woes”
Following Rahul Pandita, the poster reads Rahul Gandhi’s smile after the defeat as a sign he is untroubled that the 128-year-old Congress has been destroyed, comparing the result to a…
