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The ‘Trump’ card
While U.S. President Donald Trump often boasts astir his “close friendship” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi — referring to him arsenic a “nicest looking guy... he’s pugnacious arsenic hell” — his imposition of unprecedented punitive commercialized tariffs connected India contradicts this conception (Front page, October 30). This usage of “friendship” portion simultaneously undermining India’s economical interests reveals a profound deficiency of diplomatic credibility. Mr. Trump’s caller speeches and argumentation decisions connected the planetary stage, often driven by a perceived request to asseverate his presumption arsenic the “tallest leader”, make an alarmingly unpredictable situation for U.S.-India relations. His signifier of commending a person 1 time and criticising him the adjacent demonstrates a profoundly unreliable diplomatic stance. The astir striking grounds of his treble modular lies successful his commercialized policy. Indian diplomacy indispensable not beryllium swayed by these sweeping, ephemeral praises directed astatine India’s Prime Minister. The authorities indispensable alternatively earnestly see the implications of Mr. Trump’s dual-policy approach.
C. Raghavan,
Chennai
The heading of the study whitethorn dependable affirmative — “U.S. is doing a commercialized woody with India, says Trump” — but Mr. Trump is so blowing blistery and acold implicit the commercialized woody issue. His effusive praise for the Prime Minister tin lone beryllium taken with a pinch of salt. This seems to beryllium the precursor to different circular of shenanigans successful bid to confuse India. Much to New Delhi’s chagrin, Mr. Trump has erstwhile again repeated his alleged assertion of ‘stopping the India-Pakistan war’. Perhaps Mr. Trump is sportfishing for an acknowledgement from Mr. Modi for his oft-repeated claim. It is imperative that India treads cautiously with Washington portion striving for a mutually beneficial commercialized woody with the U.S.
Aanya Singhal,
Noida, Uttar Pradesh
American policy
In the Trump epoch and the American administration’s basal connected immigration, I americium reminded of Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, arsenic an allegory for the Red Scare, that drew parallels betwixt the 1692 Salem Witch Trials and the governmental persecution of the 1950s McCarthy epoch to critique the wide hysteria. Is not the aforesaid paranoia being recreated contiguous by the Trump medication successful the sanction of securing America’s sovereignty and territorial integrity? The restrictive “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) signed into law, arbitrary policies specified arsenic suspending the introduction of radical suspected of posing a nationalist wellness risk, mandatory detention, rolling backmost parole, and terminating impermanent protected presumption for countries specified arsenic Haiti, the Honduras and Nicaragua preclude/precluded the anticipation of harmless transition oregon humanitarian assistance to migrants fleeing warfare and persecution. In the cloak of safeguarding its nationalist interests, what is happening successful America borders is thing little than jingoism arsenic it is directing monolithic funds toward systemic detentions and deportations of alleged “removable aliens”.
Let America’s past of invasion, removal and oppression not repetition itself successful the garb of reformist migration policies.
Sunaina Jain,
Chandigarh
The thought of American exceptionalism is simply a sham. Borrowing from Achille Mbembe’s conception of “necropolitics” — which discusses the colonising propensities of democracies arsenic they thin to conception the “other” wrong themselves successful bid to workout their exclusionary authorities successful the sanction of improvement — it tin beryllium argued that Mr. Trump’s thought of an perfect federation excessively is based connected marginalising and dehumanising a fewer radical arsenic “immigrants” successful the sanction of improvement successful bid to workout his alleged agendas. By rendering lives precarious arsenic if they ne'er mattered, helium has challenged the precise sermon of ‘liberalism’ that America thrives on.
A acceptable of radical who, until now, person been diligently contributing to the ‘liberal’ presumption of the United States are abruptly specified outsiders. This not lone makes america wonderment however cognition and sermon are produced and re-produced by radical successful power, but besides however definite lives are categorised arsenic invaluable by radical successful powerfulness arsenic and erstwhile they wish.
Ashima Gupta,
Patiala, Punjab
Island project
The Great Nicobar Project forces america to inquire the question, “what is existent development”? It is evident that the task is driven much by economical goals than by ecological oregon quality concerns. Decisions of this kind, which person far-reaching repercussions, are taken with hurried clearances, minimal nationalist statement and astir nary respect for the voices of those affected. Communities are reduced to specified statistics, and the situation is treated arsenic an obstacle. Yet, we talk proudly of sustainability. Real advancement should fortify the enslaved betwixt a onshore and its people, by preserving biodiversity and respecting the lives of those who inhabit it.
Nishana C.M.,
Katpadi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Cloud seeding, pollution
Every winter, Delhi’s aerial prime deteriorates, and this twelvemonth is nary exception. The flawed experimentation with unreality seeding suggests that experiments unsocial cannot code the deep-rooted causes. There indispensable beryllium structural and sustainable changes — stricter emanation controls, greener transport and amended municipality planning.
Fawaz Hamza,
Kozhikode, Kerala
‘Ro-Ko’, retirement
In the 3rd ODI lucifer against Australia, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli single-handedly led India to victory, redeeming the squad from a whitewash. Although it is existent that the bid was lost, speech astir their ‘retirement’ should end. Fans present expect the duo to fulfil the imagination that they narrowly missed past clip — winning India its 3rd World Cup successful the 2027 World Cup.
Dattaprasad Shirodkar,
Mumbai
