Monday, 18 May 2026

Middle East

 Middle East / West Asia 

UAE

18 May 2026

The Chronology on X: "India-UAE Defense Deal 1. Joint Manufacturing (Make in India + UAE)- India & UAE will together build drones, missiles, ships & ammunition. UAE brings money, India brings manpower & factories. So it's not just India selling, it's both building together. 2. Arms Export Market - https://t.co/frR1WjORgR" / X  India's indigenous weapons (like Tejas jets, BrahMos missiles, Akash air defence) can now be sold to UAE. India's growing defence exports under the "Make in India" initiative get a major boost through this partnership. Simply put India earns dollars by selling weapons, like USA does.
3. Maritime Security- The partnership covers maritime security, cyber defence, secure communications and information exchange. UAE sits right at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the route through which India's oil tankers travel daily. If that route is threatened (like now, with the Iran war), UAE helps protect Indian ships. 4. Joint Military Training & Exercises- Indian and UAE soldiers will train together. Think of it like building muscle memory between two armies so they can act together in a crisis. 5. Cyber Defence- Both countries will share intelligence on cyber threats. This covers cybersecurity, intelligence-sharing and counter-terrorism cooperation. Simply if a hacker attacks India's power grid or banks, UAE shares what it knows. 6. AI & Supercomputing for Defence- A term sheet was signed for setting up a supercomputing cluster to strengthen India's AI and high-performance computing capabilities which directly feeds into defence simulations and strategic planning. 9:21PM 17 May 2026


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Kerala

 18 May 2026

Praveen Davar on X: "This article on Kerala CM designate @vdsatheesan in The Hindu must be read by all secularists.The only political path to defeat the forces of majoritarianism and communalism is to follow the sacred footsteps of #Gandhiji and ideology of Pt #JawaharlalNehru . https://t.co/y9VhGFPurn" / X 



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Thursday, 14 May 2026

GDP

 


14 May 2026

 Evrim Kanbur on X: "When people compare the US and Chinese economies purely based on GDP numbers, as an economist I laugh a little. GDP has become the world’s favorite economic scoreboard because it is politically convenient. But the problem is that GDP often measures activity, not necessarily https://t.co/EqZypgFHA8" / X not necessarily economic well-being, resilience, or productive reality. A country can have people drowning in debt, paying absurd healthcare costs, juggling three jobs, unable to buy homes, stressed about retirement, and still produce a gigantic GDP number. Congratulations. The spreadsheet is thriving while the population is exhausted. GDP also heavily rewards financialization and consumption. If money changes hands, GDP gets excited. It does not necessarily ask whether that activity improved long-term economic stability, industrial capability, or quality of life. This is why I keep saying that PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY MATTERS. America cannot manufacture everything at scale anymore. China can. Almost everything. From solar panels to drones, EV batteries to ports, textiles to robotics, industrial machinery to high-speed rail systems. That is economic power. Then there is the purchasing power reality people ignore while obsessing over nominal GDP rankings. Many Americans today are working multiple jobs just to survive rising rent, healthcare costs, education debt, and inflation. Many Chinese urban families maintain relatively comfortable lifestyles with one stable job, supported by modern infrastructure, public transportation, lower service costs, and a culture of savings rather than permanent debt consumption. Economists are supposed to analyze systems honestly, not emotionally. GDP is useful, but treating it like the ultimate measure of success is like judging someone’s health purely based on body weight. It tells you something.

Just not enough. Real economic strength is about whether your society can produce, build, transport, innovate, scale, afford life, and maintain long-term stability without burning out its population in the process. That conversation is much more uncomfortable than posting GDP charts on social media, which is exactly why we should probably have it more often.  5:56AM 14 May 2026

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Monday, 11 May 2026

Bengal News

Bengal News

The Bengali Hindu Holocaust Museum shall be opened soon in Kolkata. Whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Mamata Benrjee shall reap the consequences of the violent culture she introduced to the Bengali culture. West Bengal BJP President Samik Bhattacharya says, "Restoration of democracy is our first priority in West Bengal."

Since 1946, lakhs of Bengali Hindus were forced to leave their homeland, endured atrocities, rapes, murders, lost their lives, properties, and near and dear ones. Let us remember, respect, and ensure that this is not repeated.

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1. New World Order: News from West Bengal

2. New World Order: Bangladesh News

18 May 2026

 Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh on X: "The days of burning trains at the slightest provocation, torching government buses, and setting police jeeps on fire are over. From now on, if anyone burns a train, the money for the damage will be recovered by selling the property of those who are burning it. In Bengal, if https://t.co/IrjEYmnTjB" / X In Bengal, if government property is vandalized or set on fire from now on, the properties of those involved in the vandalism or arson will be surveyed, and the money will be recovered from them. If necessary, they will have to pay compensation even by selling their household utensils (pots and pans). It has started from Asansol. This practice has begun with 26 people.
On 16.05.2026, a specific case was registered in connection with the incident of brickbating at Jahangiri Mohalla police Outpost under Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate. A total of 26 accused persons were arrested and produced before the Ld. Court today. Of them, 7 accused have been remanded to police custody, while 19 have been sent to judicial custody. Investigation is progressing expeditiously. Efforts are underway to identify and apprehend additional persons involved in the incident. Strict legal action is being taken against all those responsible. *Proceedings for assessment and recovery of damages to public property from the culprits are also being initiated in accordance with the law. List of accused persons arrested in c/w attack on Jahangir mohalla Town Outpost (Ref: Asansol North PS Case No-208/2026 dated 16.05.2026 u/s 189(2)/191(2)/191(3)/190/221/132/121(1)/121(2)/ 125/324(4)/ 324(5)/326/331/351(2)/61(2)/ 3(5) BNS 2023 & 3 PDPP Act ): 1.       MdChand @ Rahul  (22) S/O- Manzur Alam
@Golder
of Old Station, near Chapa Kal, 2. Md. Sahabuddin S/O- Md Nijamuddin of Babutalaw, Naya Quarter 3.       MdMohsin Nazir (22) S/O- Mobin Ansari of Old Station, near Janta Medical, 4.       MdSalman (22) S/O- Md Sikadar @ Sikandar of Old Station, near Janta Medical, 5.       MdSaddam @ Karu (26) S/O- Md Ispat of Gulzar Mohalla Istama Ground, 6.       MdSuraj (29 ) S/O- Late Md Rahim of Simulia Talab near Power House 7.       MdJawed Ansari @ Chhotu (30) S/O- Late Khalil Ansari of Babu Talaw Near NewQabristan 8.       MdIsrafil  (28) S/O- Lt Md Rahim of SimuliaTalaw Near Power House 9.       MdIrfan  (20) S/O- Md Kalam of Babu TalabNaya Qabristan, 10.     Md Naushad (20) S/O- Md Mokim ofQureshi Mohalla near Idgah, 11.     Md Salim (20) S/O- Md Wakil of Qureshi Mohalla, 12.     Ahmed Raza @ Saddam (26) S/O- Md UsmanAnsari of OK Road near Shiv Mandir, 13.     Md Samsad @ Gorka (23) S/O- MdIrshad  of Bal Talab, 14.     Md Wasim (23) S/O- Md Sahid of Chandmari Shiv mandir, 15.     Md Parwez @ Bitti Raza (23) S/O- MdImam Uddin of Azad Basti near Jamir Hotel, 16.     Md Hasnain @ Dhanraj (24) S/O- MdHasan of Railpar Gulzar Mohalla, 17.     Md Abir @ Tiger (26) S/O- Md Jabbar ofRailpar Gulzar Mohalla, 18.     Md Hasan (22) S/O- Md Abid of RailparGulzar Mohalla, 19.     Aqib Khan  @ Md Ahmed Hussain Khan (25) S/O- Md ArshadKhan of OK Road, Railpar, 20.     Md Ismail Khan @ Aryan (22) S/O-LateNazam Khan of Railpar OK Road, 21.     Md. Irsad @ Kalma (18) S/O-Md Najim  Of  Railpar Azad Basti, PS Asansol North, Dist- PaschimBardhaman 22.     Md Aslam (35) S/o- Md Asraf R/O-Gulzar Mohalla BPL Colony 23.     Sahanaj Hossain (20) S/O- Md Iqbal of Do 24.     Md Jabid Sha (21) S/O- Md Aziz of Railpar, Gulzar Mohalla , Naya Madrasa 25.     Md Sonu (35) S/O- Lt Md Soukat of Gulzar Mohalla Choto quarter 26.     Md Sarfaraz (19) S/O- Md MunirofGulzar Mohalla , BPL Quarter  
All are from Asansol North Police Station, Dist- Paschim Bardhaman. 12:17AM 18 May 2026

 Rumel Dahiya on X: "The Ganges Water Treaty is expiring in December 2026. Under normal circumstances, the Treaty would be reviewed before its expiry. However, Bangladesh (BD) government is approaching the issue in an absolutely wrong way. On one side, it is costing up with Pakistan, despite the" / X Pakistan, despite the history and geography, and is inviting China to undertake development of Teesta River Project and developing Lalmonirhat airfield close to sensitive Siliguri Corridor, besides discussing naval access with the USA. This approach does not impress India and is like displaying an hostile attitude.
On the other hand, it is literally ‘demanding’ that India renew the Treaty in perpetuity as per ‘needs and expectations’ of the people of BD, if India wants to have good relations with BD. There is no sense of propriety or balance in this approach. It is as if India owes it to BD to provide them its waters irrespective of the needs of its own people. And it presupposes that India has no business worrying about BD acting against India’s interests by inviting India’s adversaries. 
All this does not augur well for bilateral relations and BD may end up rueing its immaturity very soon. 12:28AM 18 May 2026


Nobody could have even imagined something like this happening even couple of months ago This is historic. Hopefully, these are signs of things to come. 
No compromise on law and order, ever again! 5:02AM 18 May 2026 


17 May 2026

But what we witnessed today was extraordinary. The road leading to the meeting venue in Falta was awash with BJP flags. Homes, shops and commercial establishments proudly displayed the BJP symbol. The inauguration of the election office turned into a celebration, and the hall was packed with dedicated booth agents who had volunteered to defend democracy at the grassroots. To many, this may sound routine. But anyone familiar with Diamond Harbour’s political history knows it is anything but ordinary. I have travelled to Diamond Harbour many times for organisational meetings. Every single time, I was told that the BJP could never win here because the administration would never allow a free and fair election. Hindus were systematically pushed out of the democratic process through fear, intimidation and orchestrated violence. This time, however, the people have begun to push back. The BJP has already won several seats across South 24 Parganas, but the task remains unfinished. The criminal ecosystem that sustained the “Diamond Harbour Model” must be dismantled completely so that it never raises its head again. I was also told that Trinamool’s local candidate, who fancied himself a movie-style strongman with dramatic dialogues, has virtually disappeared after his oversized security cover was withdrawn. Neither Mamata Banerjee nor her delinquent nephew have stepped out to campaign for their favourite goonda. West Bengal is witnessing a Hindu renaissance of sorts. People are rediscovering and asserting their civilisational identity and Hindutva convictions that had long remained suppressed. Across the state, one can sense the change, celebrations without fear, renewed confidence, positive expectancy and warm smiles.  The decay and exhaustion of Trinamool now feels inevitable.  6:04AM 17 May 2026
 ANI on X: "#WATCH | Kolkata, West Bengal | On West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari's call for stricter laws on mic and loudspeaker, Imam of Nakhoda Masjid Maulana Mohammad Shafiq Qasmi says, “This rule was not made by the BJP government but by the Pollution Control Board… As per the law, there https://t.co/7eZyyfnCUv" / X law, there were no orders stating removal of the mic, neither from the Pollution Control Board nor the Supreme Court, but a restriction to allow the use of the mic in between 75-80 dB in the industrial areas, 70-75 dB for commercial areas and 65-70 dB for residential areas. And for the silence zone, the order for the sound restriction is 40-45 dB. However, the police are asking to remove the mic, which is wrong. They should act as per the law, and we will also do the same…”   7:00PM 17 May 2026



Amit Malviya on X: "Bengal’s Civilisational Resurgence: A Historic Mandate for Nationalism and Renewal This is not just an electoral victory. In this defining moment, it is a civilisational shift, a turning of the tide, a reclamation long awaited. West Bengal shall now rise once again and reclaim https://t.co/3WXivSsQ9K" / X reclaim the glory it was denied for decades by cynical, power-hungry politics. What unfolds from this moment is not merely a change in government, but the dawn of a New Bengal, one that firmly rejects crime, corruption, and communalism, and steps confidently into India’s larger march toward development and growth. From infrastructure to industry, from health to education, from farms to factories and above all, in ensuring safety, security, and dignity for women, Bengal is poised for rapid, tangible transformation. But beyond policy and progress, this victory marks something deeper, the beginning of healing. The soul of Bengal, bruised and diminished by years of corrosive politics, begins its restoration. This is a land that once nurtured the very idea of Indian nationalism. It was in Bengal’s fertile soil and flowing rivers that Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay found his inspiration and gave us Vande Mataram, the immortal ode to Bharat Mata. It was Bengal’s splendour that moved Rabindranath Tagore to compose Jana Gana Mana, the Morning Song of India. It is here that the idea of Bharat Mata first took shape, first in the 1873 play Bharat Mata by Kiran Chandra Banerjee, and later immortalised in the evocative painting by Abanindranath Tagore in the early 20th century. And then came the profound articulation of nationalism by Sri Aurobindo in his historic Uttarpara Speech, a moment that transformed political thought into spiritual conviction. His words continue to echo across time: “Nationalism is not politics but a religion, a creed, a faith… it is the Sanatan Dharma which for us is nationalism…” This philosophical foundation is not abstract; it is deeply rooted in Bengal’s lived history. This is the land of reformers and revolutionaries, saints and scientists. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar once led pioneering legislative efforts to protect women, a legacy that must now be reclaimed as Bengal confronts the erosion of women’s dignity in recent times. This is the land of spiritual giants like Ramakrishna Paramahansa and Swami Vivekananda, whose vision transcended boundaries. It is the land that gave us scientific minds such as Jagadish Chandra Bose, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Satyendra Nath Bose of Bose–Einstein fame, Meghnad Saha, and Upendranath Brahmachari, who discovered the cure for Kala-azar. And it is the land of sacrifice, of revolutionaries who laid down their lives for India’s freedom: Khudiram Bose, Surya Sen (Master Da), Pritilata Waddedar, Binoy Basu, Badal Gupta, Dinesh Gupta, Bagha Jatin, a lineage of courage that is endless and unmatched. With the BJP’s victory, Bengal witnesses a profound homecoming. Because this is also the land of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, one of India’s tallest nationalist leaders. He ensured that Bengali Hindus retained their rightful place during Partition and stood firm during the horrors unleashed since Direct Action Day. As the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the ideological forerunner of the BJP, he gave the nation a rallying call that still resonates: One Nation, One Flag, One Prime Minister. This victory is also the revival of Bengal’s deep-rooted civilisational and spiritual traditions. Bengal has time and again led revivalist movements within Hinduism. Even reformist currents that emerged here drew deeply from the Vedic and Upanishadic foundations of Sanatana Dharma. Bankim’s Anandamath must be understood in the context of the Sanyasi Rebellion, a movement that stirred Hindu consciousness. Vande Mataram, born from that work, became the very mantra of Indian nationalism. In 1892, Chandranath Basu authored Hindutva, the first formal articulation of the idea of Hindutva. In 1905, Abanindranath Tagore’s Bharat Mata gave a visual soul to the nation. Bengal also gave rise to cultural and spiritual movements that strengthened Hindu identity, the Hindu Mela, akin in spirit to Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations elsewhere; the Bhakti movement as carried forward by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; and the spiritual renaissance ushered in by Rani Rashmoni through the Dakshineswar temple, where Ramakrishna Paramahansa served. From there emerged Swami Vivekananda’s global vision, institutionalised through the Ramakrishna Mission and its headquarters at Belur Math. That continuum extended into the modern era when A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in 1965, rooted in Mayapur, taking Bengal’s spiritual legacy to the world. That tradition lives on and today, it finds renewed political expression. This moment marks the return of hope. It liberates Bengal and its people from the grip of fear, lawlessness, and decay. It promises transparent and responsible leadership, encourages people’s participation, and seeks to unleash the aspirations of millions. Together, West Bengal will rise again, not just as a state, but as an idea. A beacon. A force. This is not the end of a journey, it is the beginning of Bengal’s renaissance. And this time, its rise will be enduring.  9:24PM 17 May 2026

16 May 2026

The beggar Rohingyas who sought refuge in Bengal themselves formed the Rohingya Bahini to extort money from the respectable folks—on whose strength? That same witch Mamata? The witch had even said at an election rally that they are staying quiet only because of her, otherwise it wouldn't take them a minute to wipe you people out. Whenever you read about TMC goons anywhere, there were very few Bengali Hindus among them—in fact, these were the Rohingyas. In the cities of Bengal, they had set up 18,000 small toll tax booths where they illegally collected money from auto-rickshaws, cars, buses, and the police just stood by helplessly. In small towns, they even extorted ten to twenty rupees from vegetable and fish sellers. Who knows how many temples this Bahini had shut down, and Mamata stayed silent just because of her lust for power and her nephew's bullying. Such horrific incidents are being heard—that Bengali Hindus would get married, but these goons would abduct the brides on their wedding night to "celebrate" the suhaag raat. (Imagine if such an incident happened with a Muslim woman?) They were cursed to live a hellish life. When girls went to the police station to file an FIR for rape or molestation, the policemen themselves would ask them, "Don't you care about your family?" RG Kar and Sandesh Khali only came to light because the victim and her family showed courage. These are the same thirty percent weavers who once made the Left parties invincible and then made this witch invincible. And this time too, if the Election Commission doesn't act strictly, these thirty percent won't even let many of the seventy percent reach the booths. It was against these very Left goons that Mamata had come once, but she herself ended up nurturing these goons, and in her greed for power, she and her nephew committed heinous crimes that cannot be forgotten. One day, everyone will understand the politics of appeasement that's happening, just like in Bengal. The irony is that refugees who came here are now deciding people's fate, future, and lives. Perhaps it's not irony—this is just the era: on the streets of London, Berlin, Paris, these refugees are creating chaos day after day, and the respectable folks everywhere, in their pursuit of modernity and material pleasures, have forgotten to have children, while those zombies, relying on the one above, are producing eight, ten kids each and taking the whole world in their grip. You're seventy now, so you've survived, but if this continues, you won't. They'll marry your children and "celebrate" their wedding nights. Your educated children will become doctors and collect jizya to survive. There's still time—wake up. Yes, some garden-dwellers... say that it seems the officer's PA knew something? So, did Madhavrao Scindia and Rajesh Pilot know a lot too? This is the same Clive who, instead of condemning the terrorists first in the Pulwama incident and exposing Pakistan on the world stage, starts asking questions like "Where did they come from?"—and Pakistan keeps escaping every time by showing this very statement of his. Anyway, better late than never. Read the faces of the women expressing joy through videos and reels. This isn't just the happiness of winning an election—it's the joy of their fading existence being revived.  
The strength you showed in Bengal is your true strength. Recognize your power, O mighty one. It was to make you aware of this very power that Hedgewar vowed to bring everyone under the saffron flag—so that you wouldn't be chopped like carrots and radishes again, like in Moplah.     8:08PM 16 May 2026

15 May 2026

    Many articles on X confirm that TMC used violence, blackmailing, and government institutions to earn money and amass wealth. TMC MLAs and contractors earned money and corrupt practices spoiled the democratic means.  

 Surajit Dasgupta on X: "Video 1 West Bengal Police raided the lavish homes of MLA Dilip Mondal in Pailan, revealing a pool, landscaped gardens, and exotic pets. The action is tied to a controversial speech he made following the assembly elections. Video 2 The police also uncovered a secret, lavish https://t.co/Q89sxDC1tb" / X lavish flat connected to a trap door at the residence of TMC leader Shamim Ahmed (alias बड़े) — look for my older video on him in my X timeline — including a gold-panelled teak bed, gold sofa, and, according to reports, several kilos of gold. The raid follows allegations of his involvement in a bombing attack on a BJP procession.
Earlier Video 3 
Police raided the TMC office in Narayannapur, Ghutiar Sharif (South 24 Parganas) on 6 May. Eighteen sharp, curved weapons were seized from local leader Salauddin Sardar’s party office.   7:26AM 15 May 2026 https://x.com/i/status/2055006896873164907 

ANI on X: "#WATCH | Kolkata, West Bengal: ISF MLA Naushad Siddiqui says, "... Opposition does not mean opposing everything — when something is right for the state, we accept and support it. Today, the Chief Minister announced live streaming, which is good and was our demand too... After the https://t.co/5tc6QPA9PL" / X After the 2021 elections, our candidates faced severe violence, even killings, and at one point, we considered resigning. Senior leaders advised patience, and since 2026, violence has reduced, though attacks on religious places still occurred. Such acts are not part of democracy...7:39PM 15 May 2026

14 May 2026

 ANI on X: "#WATCH | Kolkata | On the demolition of illegal buildings in the city after the fire incident in Tiljala area, West Bengal Minister Agnimitra Paul says, "...these buildings and the next two buildings belong to the same person, and it is a completely illegal building. We are https://t.co/fM33z9qoOv" / X   We are giving notices from my department to all the executive officers of each municipality and corporation to look into their jurisdiction, whichever house or building is illegal... We give them time, 15 days or one month... If you can't provide documents that your building is legal, we have to take the last ultimate step... Two people have died, three are in critical condition at the National Medical College... We are not going to allow that... Anybody who proves their building is legal, nothing will happen to them... But anyone who thinks they can get away with it will not be allowed... We have started giving notices from yesterday and will give them enough time, and ultimately, if you can't provide documents, we will take action."11:00AM 14 May 2026

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamata_Ba I first saw her at Allahabad (my home town) in 1989 when she had come to support the Congress party in the election of VP Singh ( who later won and became India's Prime Minister ). In a rally in that election which I attended, she was screaming and shouting against VP Singh, a technique, like that of Hitler, which became her style and forte. After she had become the Chief Minister of West Bengal in 2011, I once visited Kolkata. I heard on loudspeakers on many roads Rabindra Sangeet being loudly blared out, which she had obviously ordered to emphasize and display her commitment to Bengali culture. I attended a political meeting in Kolkata which she had organised, and saw trucks full of people being brought in to fill the grounds where the meeting was held, obviously to create an impression that she had a huge number of supporters. In fact these people appeared to me to be hirelings and goons, and Mamata had built an army of goons, like Hitler's SA, to intimidate her opponents. And like Hitler's SA, these goons also extorted businessmen, shopkeepers, and others, compelling them under dire threats to pay 'protection money', like the American mafia, with the police turning a Nelson's eye, for fear of victimization if they interfered. Mamata was very vindictive, and could brook no criticism from any quarter. She got arrested and jailed Jadavpur University Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra only because he had shared a cartoon of her on the social media, and similarly she got arrested and jailed a farmer Siladitya Choudhary ( accusing him of being a Maoist ) just because in her public meeting he said that she had done nothing for farmers. In a show, when asked an uncomfortable question by a student, she accused the questioner of being Maoists and CPM cadre, and walked out from the show in a huff. youtube.com/watch?v=naqJEG Corruption was at its peak during her rule, e.g. the Sarada scam en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saradha_G epw.in/engage/article There was a lawyer in Allahabad High Court ( where I practised ), who used to intimidate judges, and often say '' Mujhe gundai phali hai '' ( i.e. I have prospered by my hooliganism ). The same could be said of Mamata Banerji. She had nothing in her head about how to solve the massive socio-economic problems of West Bengal, so she resorted to theatrics, shouting, and intimidation. To get the votes of the 28 % Muslim population of West Bengal she would go to any extent in Muslim appeasement, as detailed in the links below : newsbred.com/bjp-would-be-a youtube.com/watch?v=X6qlhj But by this policy of Muslim appeasement, she drove a large number of the 71 % Hindus in West Bengal towards the BJP. She liked to be surrounded by yes men. But to run a government properly a leader needs to have competent and upright men around him who can say no, without any fear of retribution. One needs to have good advisors to run the government, as Chanakya said in his Arthashashtra. But Mamata only wanted chamchas ( sycophants ) near her.; Mamata often criticised dynastic politics, but her hypocrisy was exposed when she appointed her own nephew Abhishek Banerjee as her party's national general secretary, and annointed successor, and made him a member of parliament  
So, about her party's and her personal defeat in the 2026 state assembly elections, all that can and must be said is : good riddance of bad rubbish  6:54PM 14 May 2026



 

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Saturday, 9 May 2026

Communists

 

8 May 2026

 United Communist Front (India) on X: "Those who are finding Lenin for the first time, here’s why he still matters 100+ years later: • Crushed a 300-year Tsarist monarchy • Pulled Russia out of World War I • Snatched land from feudal elite pigs and gave it to peasants • Nationalized banks and major industries •" / X major industries • Launched mass literacy drives and drastically reduced illiteracy • Expanded women’s rights decades ahead of much of the world.• Inspired anti-colonial revolutions across Asia, Africa & Latin America. • Forced capitalism itself to reform in fear of socialist movements. You may hate Lenin. You may admire Lenin. But you absolutely live in a world shaped by Lenin. 7:03AM 8 May 2026

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Friday, 8 May 2026

Nigeria

 

8 May 2026

The British did not see Singapore as a country. To them it was just another mosquito infested swamp with an insignificant number of people. They used it as a cutthroat forward operation to violently counter the Dutch spice monopoly in the East Indies. Singapore was designed from day one to be nothing more than a highly efficient cashier for the empire. When the British packed up, the Americans walked in and bought the franchise. America needed Singapore to serve as a logistical ground for the Vietnam war. And indeed, during the whole duration of the war it was in Singapore that warships were packed, fighter jets would refuel, ammunition stockpiles were warehoused, wounded soldiers were treated in transit, and naval vessels underwent massive repairs. To make things easier for America they even built an oil refinery in Singapore to make bombing Vietnam easier and more efficient. Because of the war America was contributing to over 15 percent of Singapore's GDP while making Singapore one of the biggest oil manufacturing hubs in the world at that time. It got filthy rich fueling the jets that dropped missiles on its Asian neighbors. Nigeria on the other hand, was too big and completely unnecessary for the British to develop. All they wanted was a giant extractive plantation and not a state. You do not need functional hospitals or world class universities to siphon crude oil out of the Niger Delta or haul cash crops to the Atlantic. You only need a few compliant local overseers and a secure pipeline to the coast. In fact, systematic dysfunction is necessary for extraction because you leave the state too weak and divided to challenge your plunder or seek for better trading terms. As the global economy mutated from industrial manufacturing to digital finance, the American empire decided to upgrade its favorite Asian pet once again. America and its Western allies began transferring astronomical financial assets, routing multinational corporate headquarters, shifting massive foreign direct investments, establishing regional banking monopolies, and integrating the island into exclusive global clearing systems. They handed over technological patents, advanced telecommunications infrastructure, and lucrative free trade agreements, and this allowed Singapore to ditch the oil stained overalls for a bespoke luxury suit. The island seamlessly transitioned from a military gas station to a sophisticated global money laundering hub. It became a pristine, high tech vault where Chinese oligarchs, Western tax dodgers, and Third World dictators could legally scrub their looted wealth under the polite and respectable guise of wealth management. As a reward for spreading its legs to these corporations and billionaires, Singapore was rewarded with shiny skyscrapers because it learned how to wash the dirty money of the ruling class without asking any inconvenient moral questions. So while the technology and wealth flowed to Singapore, Nigeria was being engineered to fail. These cartels of imperialists created the World Trade Organisation and drafted laws that made it too expensive for Nigeria to refine and sell its resources so that they continue to flow uninterrupted to power Western industries. They weaponized the International Monetary Fund(IMF) and the World Bank to shove Structural Adjustment Programs(SAP) down the throat of the country, forcing the reckless privatization of state assets and the crippling devaluation of the currency just to ensure the population stayed desperate and the labor stayed cheap. They flooded the nation with Western NGOs that masquerade as humanitarian saviors while actually neutralizing genuine grassroots political resistance by making local activists entirely dependent on foreign donor grants. Furthermore, the Nigerian Police and Army are routinely trained, armed, and funded by the West not to defend the national borders, but to act as a hostile internal occupation force dedicated to protecting multinational oil installations from the very citizens being exploited. Even the Nigerian judiciary is systematically molded to uphold colonial commercial contracts over human rights, guaranteeing that any legal dispute over stolen land or poisoned water ends in favor of the foreign cartels. So we can actually conclude that the empire made a highly calculated and brilliant decision by investing in Singapore instead. An investment in Nigeria would have been far too chaotic. If they transferred all those technological patents and financial skyscrapers to Nigeria it would be a catastrophic risk. Nigeria has a population of over 220 million people, a vast ungovernable landmass, and a monument of natural resources buried underground. Allowing such a massive country to become a wealthy, self sufficient industrial hub would be geopolitical suicide for the West. At any moment their thriving youth population could simply wake up, organize a massive rebellion, nationalize their resources, and close down the foreign embassies just as the Iranians did to the Americans in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. For Singapore, no such things will ever happen. The island has no resources to nationalize, no vast population to mount a rebellion, and no survival strategy other than serving the empire.  
It is the perfect, obedient corporate vault.    3:29AM 8 May 2026
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Thursday, 23 April 2026

Dedollarization


29 April 2026


I don’t see a path to a solution. They’re completely incapable of seeing that others have different ways of thinking and seeing reality from a different perspective. They can’t understand that. We in the West are going to feel the consequences directly. There won’t be petrol in the petrol stations or gasoline in the gas stations. There will be difficulty getting your children to school as a consequence. There will not be the food that you want. You will not have aluminum foil in the shops any longer. Aluminum comes through Hormuz overwhelmingly. We are in this neverworld at the moment—we all have heard that it’s going to be so serious, yet it hasn’t fully impacted. People won’t be able to afford to fly. They won’t be able to easily get their cars refueled. The cost of electricity and other things is going to go shooting up. Europe is going to be in dire pain. I will just say that this is also something much bigger. This is why it’s part of a global war. The other thing that Iran is fighting in this war is the financial architecture—not just the dollar hegemony, not just the petrodollar, but the whole structure by which the Gulf states were set up in 1973 to keep the oil price high and transfer the enormous excess savings that came from this into Wall Street. This underpinned the financialized world. Because it has come at the price of depressing or suppressing the real economy in favor of an economy that is all about trading and making instant money on markets, not by actually producing things in the real world. You can quickly make a few hundred million in an afternoon by insider trading on the markets. One of the long-term consequences of this war will be the complete destruction of markets and pricing as a result of all this insider trading and the complete disparities. We pick up the paper and they say, “Oh well, oil has just gone down from $98 to $93.” Try buying a barrel of oil at that price. It’s just completely manipulated.” Summary: Iran is fighting to break the financial-military siege paradigm that has choked its economy for 47 years. Control of Hormuz is not just about oil—it’s about reordering regional sovereignty. The West’s financialized system is already showing its fragility (fake oil prices, supply chain breaks), and time favors Iran because it has physical reserves, a mobilized population, and a strategic vision that transcends nation-state logic. Trump’s personal psychology and Israel’s apocalyptic messianism are the two insurmountable roadblocks to any negotiated settlement.

23 April 2026

Capital never dies. It relocates. It is an historical lesson. Read below

 Dr. Deepessh Divaakaran (Dr. DD) on X: "India was not invited to the table. India became the table. 500 Years of capital movement now bends East. This is not rhetoric. This is pattern. Follow the money. 1602. Amsterdam built the VOC. World’s first mega-corporation. First stock market machine. Private capital rose https://t.co/Kd1RkxVvm3" / X 

Private capital rose above kings. Empires wore crowns. Capital wore control.

1799. VOC collapsed. Corruption. Bankruptcy. Decay. But capital never dies. It relocates. It moved to London. The British East India Company waited. 1757. Battle of Plassey. Bengal taken. India opened by force. 1765 to 1938. 45 trillion dollars drained from India. Not British brilliance. Indian extraction. Then two World Wars broke Britain. Debt. Fatigue. Decline. 1944. Bretton Woods. Pound moved aside. Dollar stepped in. America was not crowned by destiny. America was selected by capital. Same game. New address. For eighty years, America hosted it. Profits private. Losses public. Now the host is tired. 39 trillion dollars debt. Growing by 60,000 dollars each second. So the capital moves again. Two options studied. China. Massive. Industrial. Powerful. But the CCP controls the system. Foreign capital enters. Exit uncertain. India. Fastest-growing large economy. Democracy. Law. Scale. Talent.
But India refused surrender. And no media will ever report it. No foreign boardroom writes Delhi’s script. No outsider owns Bharat’s spine. So, a bridge node was chosen. GCC. Zero tax. Global liquidity. English common law courts. Long-horizon sovereign mandates. ADIA. PIF. Kuwait Investment Authority. Trillions already active. More coming. Now meet the New Avatar of, “Transnational Capital.” BlackRock Vanguard Fidelity Investments State Street JPMorgan Chase Blackstone KKR Apollo Global Management Names change. Networks remain. Amsterdam to London. London to New York. Now toward the multipolar map. Five poles are forming. America holds the Western Hemisphere. China drives manufacturing. Russia anchors energy arcs. GCC routes capital. India becomes the swing civilisation. Read that again. India is not begging for capital. India is filtering capital. Since 2014, Roads accelerated. Ports fortified. Airports doubled. Digital rails rose. Defence confidence rose. Manufacturing ambition rose. Civilisational confidence returned. So, money is coming through new doors. Not only profit-taking. Infrastructure. Manufacturing. Data Centres. Semi-Conductors. Technology. Factories. But hear the warning. Every old host was built up. Then hollowed out. The Dutch learned it. The British learned it. America is learning it. India must not repeat it. Take the capital. Reject the leash. Use the money. Never lose the mandate. This is a once-in-civilisation opening. Sleep now, and others will own it. Wake now, and India will shape it.


22 April 2026

 Karin Arcuschin on X: "🇷🇺🇨🇳 | Rusia y China han formalizado la ruptura definitiva con el sistema financiero del dólar, consolidando un ecosistema de pagos donde el 100% de sus transacciones bilaterales se ejecutan ahora en rublos y yuanes. Este giro estratégico, impulsado por la integración de los https://t.co/jLELI8GVTL" / X  🇷🇺🇨🇳 | Russia and China have formalized their definitive break with the dollar-based financial system, consolidating a payments ecosystem where 100% of their bilateral transactions are now executed in rubles and yuan.

This strategic shift, driven by the integration of the CIPS and SPFS systems, represents the most forceful challenge to the hegemony of the greenback in decades. By eliminating the risk of freezes by Washington, both powers have shielded their energy and high-tech sectors, creating a monetary free trade zone that operates entirely beyond the reach of Western financial infrastructure.

This de-dollarization process is no mere symbolic gesture; it has transformed the architecture of global capital by forcing commodities markets to recalibrate their prices in alternative currencies. Although the transition has generated a critical dependence on Beijing's liquidity and has intensified U.S. Treasury scrutiny through secondary sanctions, the success of this "closed circuit" is incentivizing other BRICS nations to follow the same path. We are witnessing the birth of a bipolar financial system that marks the end of the dollar standard era as the sole universal language of trade.

Source: Cross-Border Settlement Bulletin (CIPS) and Balance of Payments Data from the Central Bank of Russia (April 2026). 10:46PM 22 April 2026


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