[marron]

Thanks for posting. I like reading stuff out of India. They are tapped into a slightly different rumor mill, with slightly different presuppositions, and have a different take on almost everything.

I agree with his comment on the press...

A bigger bunch of half-wit, half-educated people is hard to find..

and...

We periodically slam the American press for its imbecility, so we are overjoyed to find the Euro press can match the Americans fair and square in this respect.

[swarthyguy]

Thanks, though this guy is based in DC and has had many past runins and disagreements with the Indians, as his last few lines state.

His comments on the press are rather acerbic and he’s been railing against US media war coverage for ages.

How valid his insights are is a matter of individual judgement, but I do check him out almost daily.