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Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan

Prof. Rajeev Srinivasan

An Indian/Hindu nationalist perspective on world affairs; as well as on technology and innovation; conversations with experts and with people just like you and me. rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com

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11:57

Ep. 163: Abroad at home | Pahalgam: Imperial...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/05/19

Please note: I wrote this on April 28th, and then was traveling abroad for the last few weeks, so I had no opportunity to post this until now, sorry about that: but nothing I have said here has been rendered wrong by Operation Sindoor and the near-war that happened after I wrote this. Deccan Herald ran a slightly edited version as my regular column on May 4th at https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/on-pahalgam-imperial-fortresses-and-kashmir-s-settler-colonialism-3523731 With good reason, India has

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7:31

Ep. 162: Remembering the reticent cinematic genius...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/04/29

A version of this essay was published by rediff.com at https://www.rediff.com/movies/column/what-made-shaji-n-karun-a-master-film-maker/20250429.htmJust last week, I read in the local Trivandrum papers about Shaji N Karun receiving an award in the name of J C Daniel, an early pioneer in Malayalam films. That’s when I realized that the master film-maker had named his house ‘Piravi’ in memory of his extraordinary directorial debut in 1988. It brought back a flood of memories of that film, whose title

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14:57

Ep. 161: Trump tariffs' impact on the Indian market,...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/04/03

* Sectors negatively affected. Pharma with $12.72 billion will be affected, textiles $4.3 billion, agri products $2.58 billion, jewelry $11.88 billion, autocomponents $2 billon may face 26%+auto specific 25%, chemicals $5.7 billion. Steel $475 million, with 26%+steel specific 25%, footwear $456 million* Sectors positively affected (supply chain attraction): electronics and telecom $14.39 billion will benefit for 54% on china, engineering goods like turbines $7.1 billion because of china and vietnam,

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2:09

Ep. 159: Tulsi Gabbard's visit to India as Director...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/03/22

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.comTulsi Gabbard’s visit comes at a time when things are quite fluid not only in the Indo-Pacific but also in the North Atlantic. The Five Eyes are beginning to fray a bit, too. What does all this mean for the future of Indo-US relations?

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16:00

Ep. 158: Britain plays an outsize, malign role in...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/03/17

A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-britains-outsized-malign-role-in-global-chaos-13872084.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialBeing a keen observer of the United Kingdom, I have lately noticed a few apparently unconnected events with dismay. If I were to connect the dots, it begins to appear that Britain has had an outsize influence on international affairs. Maybe the James Bond meme isn’t the total fantasy I had assumed it

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14:31

Ep. 160: Ranjani Srinivasan and other students in...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/03/17

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Ep. 157: The end of the European Century

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/03/06

A version of this essay was published by the Deccan Herald at https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-end-of-the-european-century-3438618The frenetic activity recently around the Ukraine war has brought into sharp focus several things. One is the irrelevance of the United Nations. Two, the fact that Europe has in effect reverted to being a backwater in the scheme of things. Three, the US may have finally escaped from being a British “Imperial Fortress”. Four, it would be generally a good idea for

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12:44

Ep. 156: The Second Coming of Trump: The Center...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/03/01

A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-what-zelenskys-debacle-says-about-us-newfound-clarity-13867967.htmlThe tongue-lashing received by Vladimir Zelensky in the Oval Office, in full view of the media, was a point of inflection. It highlighted something that we had suspected: the end of the ‘European Century’ (or two or three), wherein they had risen to be the Masters of the Universe. Trump is emphasizing that the Atlantic was a

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15:01

Ep. 155: Trump's America and Modi's India: What's on...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/02/22

Exactly a month into his new term, President Donald Trump’s latest major pick, Kash Patel, has been appointed as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation after a grueling confirmation in the US Senate. Tulsi Gabbard had earlier been confirmed as the Director of National Intelligence. Both these are positive from India’s point of view: they signal that the sinister Deep State may well be reined in, after decades of anti-India activism on its part.Over the last week or two, there have been

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14:43

Ep. 154: No clear solution to immigration woes under...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/02/09

A version of this essay was published by the Deccan Herald at https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-state-of-the-stateless-in-new-america-3396948There are dramatic developments regarding immigration under the new Trump Administration in the US, and the long-term consequences for Indian-Americans are unclear. The harsh experiences of demographic change in Europe may be influencing lawmakers’ plans.On the one hand, there is what appears to have been deliberately done under the Biden Administration:

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8:11

Ep. 152: Greenland, Canada, Panama: Chronicles of a...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/01/12

A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/greenland-canada-panama-how-trump-2-0-is-going-to-be-a-wild-ride-13852423.htmlIn a week when a staggeringly large wildfire laid Los Angeles low, for which the ‘progressive’ mayor and the governor could be partly to blame, it was also intriguing to see president-to-be Trump’s statements about purchasing Canada and Greenland, and laying claim to the Panama Canal.There was also the withering attack on Britain –

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6:12

Ep. 151: Boomeranged Narratives: Brits, H1-B, and...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/01/12

A version of this essay was published by deccanherald.com at https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/h-1b-rape-gangs-and-fact-checks-when-narratives-boomerang-3351471For students of media, the last week of December and the first week of January have been a treat: a rare occasion to watch narrative wars in real time.The first manufactured narrative was the all-out attack on H1-B Indians. An impartial Martian, on observing this, would have concluded that if only the million Indians (mostly engineers)

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6:20

Ep. 149: Remembering Varsha Bhosle, a 'revolution of...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/01/07

On November 14th every year, I mourn my old friend Varsha Bhosle on her birth anniversary. This year she would have turned 69. Unfortunately she passed away in 2012, and she had ceased being her fiery public self a few years before that when she went into self-imposed exile from her column-writing.When she and I used to write together on rediff.com we used to dream of an India that would “be somebody” (credit Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront). Today India is beginning to matter, “not in full

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28:16

Ep. 150: H1-B fuss: The unbearable heaviness of...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2025/01/03

A version of this essay has been published by Open Magazine at https://openthemagazine.com/columns/shadow-warrior/I have been thinking about the ongoing vilification of Hindus in the media/social media for some time, e.g. the Economist magazine’s bizarre choice of Bangladesh as its country of the year while Bangladeshis are genociding Hindus. The simplest way I could account for it is as the very opposite of Milan Kundera’s acclaimed novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being. There is some karma at

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8:00

Ep. 148: Comrade Kirillov and the art of whistleblowing

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2024/12/19

A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-comrade-kirillov-and-the-art-of-whistleblowing-13846569.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialOne of the great Raja Rao’s slighter works is called Comrade Kirillov: it is what Graham Greene would have called an ‘entertainment’, as opposed to the ‘novels’ he wrote on themes of some gravity. I was reminded of the title in an altogether inappropriate way when I read of the assassination of

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5:49

Ep. 147: Abroad at home: The depressing regularity of...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2024/12/15

A version of this essay was published by the Deccan Herald at https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-depressing-regularity-of-regime-change-operations-3318109This podcast is AI generated by Google NotebookLM: Imagine this scenario: In a certain country, there is someone in power who is not liked by one section of the population. Some global powers support this person; others support the opposition. One fine day there is a coup d’etat, and this person is overthrown and exiled. The opposition takes

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13:48

Ep. 146: Abroad at home: The double-edged sword of...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2024/11/17

A version of this essay was published by deccanherald.com at https://www.deccanherald.com//opinion/border-closing-the-trumpian-shift-is-here-3279841I am starting, by invitation, a new monthly column ‘Abroad at Home’ in print at the Deccan Herald newspaper. The podcast above is AI-generated by Google NotebookLM. Illegal immigration is now a core concern in many western countries, and was one of the factors that propelled Donald Trump to his thumping victory in the US Presidential election. True to

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23:05

Ep. 145: Why I prefer Trump

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2024/11/03

A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/opinion-what-makes-trump-a-better-candidate-for-india-and-world-13831800.htmlAn AI-generated (courtesy notebookLM.google.com) podcast based on this essay is here:In all humility, I accept that my endorsement of Donald Trump for the office of POTUS doesn’t make a difference, but I think it’s important for me to articulate why I think Trump is the better choice for all concerned. On the one hand, there are

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15:50

Ep. 144: The implications of a Trump Presidency for...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2024/10/27

The potential consequences of a Trump presidency for India span multiple dimensions, including military, economic, trade, cultural, financial, and social aspects. Here’s an overview of these impacts:Military and Geopolitical Implications- Defense Ties: Under Trump, India may continue to strengthen its defense partnerships with the U.S., particularly in countering China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region. - Transactional Foreign Policy: Trump's approach is likely to be more transactional,

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15:33

Ep. 143: Foreign Policy issues for India: POTUS...

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan ·

2024/10/26

* POTUS election: Trump has momentum, but this election looks increasingly like it’s going to be interfered with by the Democratic machine. Harris is likely to “win”; the DeepState will return with renewed vigor, and its embrace of thugs like Pannun, understandable only if you believe they have every intent to sabotage India, will resume.* The BRICS+ shindig sends a signal to the US and the collective West that dedollarization may be upon us sooner than expected; but India should not jump into the

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