The Ugly Indian and the Ugly American rediscover each other

India and the United States have gone from a strategic partnership to an almost full-scale cultural war. It is hard to remember a recent episode where the mutual accusations were defined not just by interest or specific injury, but a whole range of cultural attitudes whose utterance had long been suppressed. The American liberal establishment has suddenly rediscovered an India that is reactionary, exploitative, deceitful, feudal and incapable of the rule of law.

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