Look for a Hitler near you
In the past two years, the quintessential argumentative Indian in me, like most of my fellow countrymen, has assumed “expert” status in many diverse fields such as Virology, Epidemiology, Medicine, Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Defense strategy, nuclear weaponry, History etc. This is besides the Politics, Spirituality, Religion, Astrology and Memelogy (the art and science of making jokes for every important and serious issue) which have been the domains of our expertise for a long time. Recently, we have been discussing (or trying to direct, if you will) the geopolitical and war strategies of Europe. The government of India may have chosen to stay neutral in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine; but the people have taken sides. More than the countries, we are taking sides of the leaders - The Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Supporters of Putin are mostly playing the “old friendship” card. They are vehemently arguing that Russia is our...