I was meandering through a shop a few months ago – one of those hipster places that sells things that make you feel like you’re not really buying but sharing whatever the hell it is that’s caught your eye.
My friend, who was similarly meandering about pointed to someone and said to me, “Isaac, America’s the only country where people walk about wearing t-shirts with the president’s face on it. It’s weird. You won’t catch anyone in India doing that.”
Now, I’m a thinking man, and this statement got me thinking. Though I’ve only been to my native land, India, for less than a year if one were to stalk me and cumulate each month-long visit, I do take a bit of interest in the culture and politics there. I mean, where the hell else do you have baby-tossing rituals? Continue reading ‘The Technocrats of India’
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