Intentar ORO - Gratis

Time To Cut Our Dress According To Our Cloth

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

|

August 23, 2025

China envy got us nowhere. Now it's time to shed our America complex too. Rather than pretending to be a world-beater, India should be mending fences

- MAKARAND R PARANJAPE

Indians simply cannot get enough of Donald Trump. Throughout his immensely fractious and intensely vituperative election campaign back to the White House, many Indians, especially from the so-called right wing, supported him vociferously, even raucously. Even though the other contender, Kamala Harris, was a lady, that too half-Indian.

Now, it would seem, the pendulum has swung to the other extreme. There is scarcely a member of India's ever-expanding commentariat and influencer set who has a kind word to say about the US president. He has become not only the favourite whipping boy, but also the butt of ridicule among the same lot who, until just the other day, were singing hosannas to him.

Today, faced with stiff tariffs and possibly even harsher measures to come, isn't it time we take a re-look—not just at Trump, but our relationship with the US? First things first: we must understand that Trump, far from being a statesman, is not even a conventional politician. A notoriously self-proclaimed outsider to Washington politics, he is the greatest disrupter that certainly the US, and possibly the world, has known in the past half-century.

What this means is that he doesn't really care about what we in India think or say about him. Why, not just us, he doesn't care about what the US mainstream media spews against him either. CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, CNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time magazine, The Atlantic and so on, to name some detractors, carried out a relentless crusade against him during the presidential race, which shows no signs of abating to this day. But Trump has survived, even thrived. For he is not only a disrupter, but also a fighter, as his famous attempted assassination photograph, now immortalised as a painting in the White House, so vividly symbolises.

MÁS HISTORIAS DE The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

Protesters seek hiring freeze till quota row resolved

EVEN as the J&K government proceeds with recruitment for vacant posts while awaiting Lt Governor's approval for cabinet proposal to rationalise the existing policy, pressure is mounting to halt recruitments until reservations are revised to ensure fair representation of Open Merit (OM) candidates in the selection process.

time to read

1 mins

January 05, 2026

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

Process is progress! Why ‘showing up’ trumps perfection

A young professional tells Karthikeya S how they plan to stay motivated this New Year

time to read

1 mins

January 05, 2026

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

WHAT MATTERS MORE THAN NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

A COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGIST EXPLAINS TO NIKHIL ABHISHEK HOW HIDDEN BELIEFS, SAFETY HABITS, AND TINY DAILY SYSTEMS SHAPE WHETHER CHANGE FADES BY FEBRUARY OR STAYS THROUGH THE YEAR

time to read

3 mins

January 05, 2026

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

Nearly a year after SC order, retired HC judges still waiting to get ad-hoc benches

NEARLY a year after the Supreme Court cleared the decks for appointing ad hoc judges in high courts to tackle pending criminal cases, the Union law ministry is yet to get any recommendation from any of the HC collegiums to appoint retired judges on an ad hoc basis.

time to read

1 mins

January 05, 2026

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

ALI, WHO UNITES THE BELIEVERS

SINCE

time to read

2 mins

January 05, 2026

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

C'garh tops in parental participation for PM's Pariksha pe Charcha 2026

CHHATTISGARH has secured the first position in the country on parental participation in 'Pariksha pe Charcha', the flagship initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi intended to make examinations stress-free.

time to read

1 min

January 05, 2026

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

Venezuela crisis may unlock ONGC dues

THE US-led restructuring of Venezuela government may pave the way for India’s oil sector to unlock close to $1 billion in long-pending dues in the Latin American country.

time to read

1 mins

January 05, 2026

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

New SG Pipers coach Oudenaller aims for revival

THE main priority for new SG Pipers coach from Netherlands, Tim Oudenaller, is to integrate the thirteen Indian players with the seven foreigners.

time to read

2 mins

January 05, 2026

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

Cong misleading people on G-RAM-G scheme: Shivraj

RURAL Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday accused the Congress of spreading \"misinformation\" about the VB-G-RAM-G scheme, which he said has been updated with features that benefit the poor.

time to read

1 mins

January 05, 2026

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

China on mind, army to up the ante along LAC's middle sector

THE Indian Army will conduct a major academic exercise on January 7 focussing on the Middle Sector of the Line of Actual Control with China, driven by growing concerns over Chinese assertiveness, enhanced infrastructure development across the border, and unpredictable People's Liberation Army patrol behaviour.

time to read

1 min

January 05, 2026

Listen

Translate

Share

-
+

Change font size