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I’ve been to Indian consulate in SF. It has no security or secured perimeter, it’s not even in the downtown, more like a cheaper neighborhood. Anyone can do this.Aditya_V wrote:These attacks cannot happen without local law enforcement being asked to stand down, hell indian grandfathers walking and peeping into homes from the street have thier spine broken. This whole thing looks like a Gora dhamki
No security after the stark increase in khalistani shenanigans just before, during and after the indian PM visit? Nothing picked up on the famed US homeland security ELINT systems?vimal wrote:I’ve been to Indian consulate in SF. It has no security or secured perimeter, it’s not even in the downtown, more like a cheaper neighborhood. Anyone can do this.Aditya_V wrote:These attacks cannot happen without local law enforcement being asked to stand down, hell indian grandfathers walking and peeping into homes from the street have thier spine broken. This whole thing looks like a Gora dhamki
Even the normally anti-Hindu, anti-Indian Congress(I)s ended up making this statement:U.S. ready to help in Manipur if asked, says Eric Garcetti
“We stand ready to assist in any ways if asked. We know it’s an Indian matter and we pray for peace and that it may come quickly,” the U.S. envoy said.
Even when the Asst. Secretary of State Robin Raphael was blowing wind over Cashmere, the US Ambassador to India stayed away from making any comments.The comment drew a response from Congress MP Manish Tewari who said it is very rare for a US envoy to make a statement "of this nature about the internal affairs of India".
Tanvi Madan @tanvi_madan
Fair enough to disagree with Ashley on substance. I, indeed, see things differently than he does. But he has contributed more to US-India relations than most of the folks on Twitter insulting him combined. People should argue vs his points, not malign his character.
Marendra Nodi @palltu
What’s the point? You ignore anyone who challenges you on points and logic.
NR @ChennaiNr
When the view of the author is character assassination of an entire country, questioning the morals and ethics of the same author is the most ethical critique one can put forward.
Uttam Kumar @007agnostic
Ashley Tellis &his contribution is a thing of the past. He seems desperate to seek relevance through very provocative arguments these days. And, this isn't maligning anyone's character,but to come to terms with the fact that his capability to contribute positively has diminished.
indeed he is paid to think for the American establishment not India's !
activitiesGal Luft, a 57-year-old joint US and Israeli citizen, is accused of covertly recruiting and financially compensating a former US official to publicly endorse specific Chinese policies, according to federal prosecutors.
Luft serves as the co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, a research institution focused on energy and US security located outside of Washington DC.
The institute, co-founded by Luft and advised by former CIA Director James Woolsey, states its mission on its website.
It is alleged that Luft attempted to broker arms deals involving buyers from China, Libya, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Kenya.
In 2016, he supposedly neglected to register as a foreign agent while working to advance Chinese interests within the United States.
One of Luft’s purported actions involved lobbying an ex-US official, who advised then President-elect Donald Trump, in an effort to persuade him to publicly support China-related policies. It is claimed that he drafted comments on behalf of this unnamed official, which were subsequently published in Chinese media and distributed to American universities.
Prosecutors have also accused Luft of attempting to facilitate arms sales without the required US permits. It is alleged that he aided Chinese companies in selling anti-tank launchers, grenade launchers, and mortar rounds to Libya. Furthermore, he purportedly sought to sell aerial bombs and rockets to the UAE, as well as “strike” drones to Kenya.
Additionally, federal officials assert that Luft endeavored to bypass US sanctions on Iranian oil by instructing an associate to falsely declare it as Brazilian oil.
According to prosecutors, Luft was arrested in Cyprus on February 17 of this year on US charges, but absconded after being granted bail while awaiting extradition.
On the following day, a Twitter account bearing his name and boasting 15,000 followers announced his arrest in Cyprus, attributing it to a politically motivated extradition request by the US.
Luft, meanwhile, also claims he has information about the Biden family’s business with people linked to Chinese military intelligence. He was a potential witness for the US House committee investigating wrongdoings by Hunter Biden and his father, President Joe Biden.
Luft, meanwhile, also claims he has information about the Biden family’s business with people linked to Chinese military intelligence. He was a potential witness for the US House committee investigating wrongdoings by Hunter Biden and his father, President Joe Biden.
The status of his potential testimony is not known now that Biden’s DOJ has announced charges against the think-tank leader.
Luft was last seen in a video interview with The New York Post that was filmed from an undisclosed location. In the video, he claimed he was being hunted by the Justice Department because he had information about the Bidens.
‘I, who volunteered to inform the US government about a potential security breach and about compromising information about a man vying to be the next president, am now being hunted by the very same people who I informed — and may have to live on the run for the rest of my life,’ he said.
The House Oversight Committee was preparing to interview Luft as part of their investigation into the Biden family before he fled his extradition from Greece.
Luft claims he met with FBI agents in Brussels in 2019 and told them relatives of President Joe Biden were receiving vast sums of money from Chinese officials.
Luft said the China state-controlled energy company CEFC was paying $100,000 a month to Hunter Biden, and $65,000 to his uncle, Joe’s brother, Jim Biden.
Hunter and Jim Biden took the money in exchange for their FBI connections and use of the Biden name to promote China’s Belt and Road Initiative around the world, Luft claimed.
Luft faces a total of eight charges, including failure to register as a foreign agent, evasion of oil sanctions, two counts of providing false statements to investigators, and three counts of illicit arms trafficking. If convicted, he could face several decades in prison.
Inevitably, American and Western observers look at Hindu nationalism through the lens of the conflict between Hindus and Muslims that has dominated much of South Asia’s modern history. Whether it is allegations that Mr. Modi, then chief minister of Gujarat, failed to halt the violence that left hundreds of people dead in 2002, or charges that Hindu nationalist authorities turn a blind eye to lynchings and other forms of violence against religious minorities today, the Hindu nationalist movement is widely blamed for exacerbating intercommunal tensions in a country still haunted by the mass murders and violence associated with the 1947 partition of British India. Many Indian and foreign observers see the RSS as cynically stirring the pot of hatred to gain power by appealing to the lowest instincts of voters.
Concerns about violence are legitimate, but what drives Hindu nationalism is less antagonism against Islam than fear for the future of India. Modern history is a story of multifaith, multilinguistic states falling apart as nationalist forces fight for independence. The Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires fell apart. The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia once seemed stable and permanent. Both disappeared almost overnight.
India is as ethnically and linguistically diverse as Europe or Latin America. As the Indian masses gain access to the internet and social media penetrates villages and slums, what glue can keep India together?
What unites the subcontinent, say Hindu nationalists, is a shared culture in which Hindu religion plays a central role. Even Indians who aren’t Hindu have been shaped by this traditional culture. Cultivating pride in that heritage and freeing it from injuries of both British and Mughal domination is the only way, Hindu nationalists believe, to hold this vast and diverse population together. Nehruvian secularism and liberal abstractions like “constitutional patriotism” can’t do the job, they argue.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ma ... 0d72&ei=40The Lieutenant Governor of Maryland is in hot political water right now as she faces accusations of aggressive politics and receiving donations from Hindu nationalist groups, following an investigation by the Independent. Aruna Miller made it into high state office as the running mate of Wes Moore, the first Black governor of the state, while she became the state’s first Indian American lieutenant governor.
I hope it is an indication that Biden admin is cleaning up SDOTUS augian stables and reigning in the Squad. They have been quiet for a while now. Probably spooked that they might have to reqliquish their grip on the levers of powers come 2024.
We cannot make such a blanket statement. Some diaspora in CA are waking up to the realities, IMHO.
It's not a given Bala sir. Amongst first gen immigrants, the support is clearly towards modi/trump/vivek/GOP, but beyond that, there is minimal support for trump/vivek/GOP. This upcoming elections is when a significant number of 2nd gen diaspora will get to vote.