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Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan
by 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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Dancing with elephants and surviving: India in the world of generativeAI
As the greatest investment bubble in economic history in happening right in front of our eyes, with the distinct possibility of a godawful bust in the not too distant future, and persistent memories of promising technologies that crashed and burned, it is necessary, and urgent, to consider how...
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Ep. 195: Is there a uniquely Bharatiya management style? How compatible is it with the current global scenario?
A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/from-chanakya-to-ai-india-needs-its-own-management-model-14038647.html/amp If you interpret the term ‘management’ broadly, that is, to include not only the day to day running of companies, but also the...
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Ep. 194: The Quad is dead; Long live the Quad!
A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/the-old-quad-is-dying-time-for-a-new-quad-14030966.html The Quad, a 2007 partnership broadly intended to contain China’s hegemonistic ambitions in the Indo-Pacific, was a brainchild of then-Japanese Prime...
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Ep. 193: "Trump to India: Drop Dead"?
A version of this essay was published by firstpost at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/from-indo-pacific-to-pacific-delhi-must-prepare-for-strategic-loneliness-14024528.html I refer, of course, to the (in)famous newspaper headline which said, “Ford to City: Drop Dead” in 1975 when then-POTUS...
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India will collapse without digital sovereignty and Pax Indica: lessons from Hormuz
A version of this essay has been published by Open Magazine at https://openthemagazine.com/world/india-will-collapse-without-digital-sovereignty-and-pax-indica-lessons-from-hormuz By now it is clear that the Iran War (or West Asia War) has been a disaster to all concerned, including the…
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IITMAA Fireside Chats Ep. 5: Masterclass by Anuj Gupta on Policy and How Govt is now a Shaper and Enabler of Business, not a Regulator alone or an Obstacle
Episode 5: May 17th, 2026: Shri Anuj Gupta, B Tech Mechanical 2003, Managing Director of Policy Consulting Firm BowerGroup Asia, former Govt of India policy expert, and former Chief of Staff to the Commerce Minister . Policy expert Anuj Gupta on how India Governs and why it matters for Business *...
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Ep. 191: Gulf War 3 has become a quagmire; India has no option but to pursue energy self-reliance
A version of this essay has been published by rediff.com at https://www.rediff.com/news/column/gulf-war-crisis-why-india-will-take-a-huge-hit/20260511.htm In the heat and dust of elections, many of us have forgotten that there is a war going on. But the PM’s warning about sacrifices and...
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Ep. 190: The need for Pax Indica: Malacca choked 1,001 years ago; Hormuz choked in 2026
A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-the-need-for-pax-indica-malacca-was-blocked-1001-years-ago-hormuz-is-choked-now-14005673.html In 1025 CE, exactly 1,001 years ago, Emperor Rajendra Chola sent an armada (probably the largest...
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IITMAA Fireside Chats Ep. 04: Masterclass on India's semiconductor renaissance by Dr. Suraj Rengarajan, MD and Principal Technologist, Applied Materials India
This is a fireside chat hosted by Rajeev Srinivasan of the IIT Madras Alumni Association, featuring Dr. Suraj Rengarajan, MD and Principal Technologist, Applied Materials India. The discussion centers on the current renaissance of India’s semiconductor industry, highlighting how favorable...
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Ep. 189: Drones may be a step-change as momentous as the arrival of tank warfare a century ago
A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-drones-are-the-new-tanks-time-for-india-to-catch-up-13998019.html The most important lesson (of many) from Gulf War 3 may have been foreshadowed by the Ukraine War and other conflicts:...
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Ep. 188: The Iran war has no winners, only losers, and some more so than others
A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/iran-war-no-winners-oil-de-dollarisation-global-impact-13992276.html War is hell, we all know, and it’s bad for everybody, but there is – usually – a winner. After more than three weeks of the Iran…
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Ep. 188: The Iran war has no winners, only losers, and some more so than others
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com War is hell, we all know, and it’s bad for everybody, but there is – usually – a winner. After more than two weeks of the Iran war, I am beginning to believe that there are no winners here, only losers.…
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Ep. 187: Journalism, AI, Washington Post and Rediff.com
Just around the same time as the axe fell on Washington Post’s global staff, accompanied by much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I got a message from my Rediff.com editor, Nikhil Lakshman, mentioning it was the 30th anniversary of its founding. An interesting contrast indeed: the old Western...
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Ep. 186: There is less than meets the eye in the India-US trade 'deal'
A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/india-us-trade-deal-trump-skepticism-13977047.html I am beginning to feel quite like ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’, who was destined to be ignored. Or maybe I am the boy who cried ‘The Emperor Has No Clothes’....
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Ep. 185: The Epstein Files simply show elite depravity
A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-the-epstein-files-expose-elite-depravity-13975791.html Here is the AI-generated video version of this podcast. I am not going to get into the political aspects of the infamous Epstein Files,...
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Ep. 184: The India-EU FTA: triumph of hope over experience?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com I’m sorry to be so cynical so early, on the very day it was signed, but let me be honest: the much-ballyhooed (“mother of all trade deals”, quoth Ursula von der Leyen, boss of the EU) signing of the Free...
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Ep. 183: Things fall apart. The center cannot hold
A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-donald-trump-and-global-disorder-the-unravelling-of-the-old-world-order-has-begun-13970884.html There is a general air of uncertainty in international relations right now, and there is...
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Ep. 182: The Trump Gamble on Venezuela
Part 1 of this essay was published by rediff.com at https://www.rediff.com/news/column/rajeev-srinivasan-trumps-huge-venezuela-gamble/20260114.htm Part 2 of this essay was published by rediff.com at...
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Ep. 181: Annus Horribilis: G2, spheres of influence, Trump National Security Strategy impact on India
A version of this essay has been published by rediff.com at https://www.rediff.com/news/column/is-india-standing-alone-in-2025/20251222.htm 2025 has been a disastrous year for the US, surely in foreign affairs and economics. The trade war, far from strengthening the economy, has shown the limits…
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Ep. 180: What the BJP win in Trivandrum may mean, or may not
A version of this essay was published by news18.com at https://www.news18.com/opinion/opinion-what-the-bjp-win-in-thiruvananthapuram-may-mean-or-may-not-9774658.html As a native son, I believe the BJP’s 50/101 seats in the Trivandrum Corporation in the recently concluded local body elections is…
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Ep. 179: My dilemma about Kantara Chapter 1
Let me admit up front that I like Rishab Shetty. A lot. I’d probably go see anything he makes, and I wish him well, because he is an actor with terrific presence. To be honest, I was blown away by his performance in Kantara, both as protagonist and director/writer. I had no idea about the...
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Ep. 178: Yet another assault on Adani. We’ve seen this movie before
A version of this essay was published by the Deccan Herald at https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/adani-s-under-fire-we-ve-seen-this-before-3783432 The repeated, withering attacks on the Adani group are getting to be tiresome, partly because they usually have no merit per se; and partly because...
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Ep. 03: Prof M S Rajashree on India's semiconductor and electronics play
The third episode in the IITM Alumni Association Trivandrum’s live monthly Fireside Chats. Host Rajeev Srinivasan speaks with senior executive and academic Dr. Rajasree, the CEO of Trest Research Park, earlier VC of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and an IIT Madras alumna speaks on…
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Ep. 177: Will there be an exodus of Hindus from the US?
A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/hindu-americans-political-vulnerability-violence-h1b-bias-13936122.html Chandra Mouli Nagamalliah, a 50-year old motel manager in Dallas, Texas, was brutally hacked to death and beheaded by a Cuban...
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Ep. 176: Farm distress: the real reason behind Trump tariff tantrums?
A version of this essay was published by rediff.com at https://www.rediff.com/news/column/rajeev-srinivasan-us-farm-distress-real-reason-for-trumps-tariff-tantrums/20250916.htm There is breaking news that the trade talks between the US and India are on again. This means I was probably right that...
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Ep. 175: Where the India-hate is really coming from, and why
A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/what-fuels-anti-india-hate-in-the-west-13932053.html I am personally very pro-America, yet I too have been baffled by the noises emanating from the Trump administration regarding India, particularly from…
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Ep. 02: Sri C M A Nayar onTrump Tariff Tantrums
The second episode in the IITM Alumni Association Trivandrum's live monthly Fireside Chats. Senior executive Sri CMA, formerly VP at Alstom T&D France and Board Member, Alstom India and Areva India, has been in charge of setting up factories in several countries, and has first-hand knowledge of...
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Ep. 174: The rationale behind Trump's tariff tantrums
An edited version of this essay was published by Deccan Herald at https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/decoding-trump-s-tariff-tantrums-3694626, as the editor downplayed the ‘vote chori’ INDI alliance story and the atrocities by Tipu on Hindu Kerala. Last month, I wrote here about India’s…
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Ep 173: Trump tariff wars: Seeing them in context for India
A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-from-crisis-to-advantage-how-india-can-outplay-the-trump-tariff-gambit-13923031.html A simple summary of the recent brouhaha about President Trump’s imposition of 25% tariffs on India…
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Ep. 172: India and the Abhimanyu Syndrome: all alone
A version of this essay was published by Deccan Herald at https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-abhimanyu-syndrome-india-and-its-isolation-3650402 Recent events have made it increasingly clear that India is utterly alone. I call this the Abhimanyu Syndrome, in honor of the teenaged Abhimanyu,...
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Ep. 171: How to spin-doctor and peddle narratives, the Western way
A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-air-india-crash-how-to-spin-doctor-and-peddle-narratives-the-western-way-13912025.html There has been a virtual masterclass lately in the creation and dissemination of biased…
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Ep. 170: Zohran Mamdani's Color Revolution in New York will not end well
A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-zohran-mamdani-and-the-coming-crisis-for-hindus-in-america-13908482.html I have long felt the Deep State works on a single playbook in its foreign policy: regime-change, or what is...
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Ep. 169: Has the Deep State 'turned' Trump?
A version of this essay was published by first post on Jul 14 at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-whats-driving-trumps-u-turns-13906527.html There were two good reasons to support Donald Trump for President of the US: one, that he did not go to war in his first term, and two, that...
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Ep. 168: The mess in West Asia: geopolitics, military tactics, and the overall impact
A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-west-asia-hostilities-will-resume-again-only-question-is-when-13903341.html West Asia is again on the boil. Well, to be precise, it has been on the boil for a very long time, but we have the...
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Ep. 167: Despite air crashes, how can India leverage the sector's growth?
A version of this essay was published by Deccan Herald at https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/let-s-make-our-own-planes-3607351 June 23rd was a very sad anniversary: it was exactly 40 years ago that Air India Kanishka, Flight AI 182 (Montreal-London-Delhi), a Boeing 747, was blown up in the sky...
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Ep. 166: The Ukrainian drone attack on Russia and the implications for India
The massive attack by Ukrainian forces on very far off Russian airbases using lots of stealth and amazing subterfuge is destined to be a classic military operation. There are good reasons to believe this was not done by Ukraine on its own, and possibly not even by major European powers such as...
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Ep. 165: How Operation Sindoor was a win and a loss for India
A version of this essay was published by the Deccan Herald at https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/op-sindoor-how-we-won-and-lost-3566189 There are no clear wins in wars these days, especially when terrorizing populations, or nuclear blackmail, is the goal. Pakistan’s war manual may well be The...
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Ep. 164: Operation Sindoor: Soft power, a step change in aerial warfare, and the Abhimanyu Syndrome
A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-india-fights-alone-narrative-wars-western-gaslighting-and-a-missed-opportunity-13891339.html From the 1st of May until the 20th I was traveling in the US, and thus had to depend on...
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Ep. 163: Abroad at home | Pahalgam: Imperial fortresses and the settler-colonial complex at play
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…
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Ep. 162: Remembering the reticent cinematic genius Shaji N Karun and his staggering film Piravi
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.htm Just 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…
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Ep. 161: Trump tariffs' impact on the Indian market, sector-wise and medium/long term
* 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...
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Ep. 159: Tulsi Gabbard's visit to India as Director of National Intelligence
Tulsi 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? notebookLM-generated AI podcast based on this podcast: This…
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Ep. 158: Britain plays an outsize, malign role in global chaos
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=social Being a keen observer of the United Kingdom, I have lately noticed a few apparently…
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Ep. 160: Ranjani Srinivasan and other students in trouble over Columbia University protests
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Ep. 157: The end of the European Century
A version of this essay was published by the Deccan Herald at https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-end-of-the-european-century-3438618 The 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...
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Ep. 156: The Second Coming of Trump: The Center Cannot Hold
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.html The tongue-lashing received by Vladimir Zelensky in the Oval Office, in full view of the media, was a point of inflection....
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Ep. 155: Trump's America and Modi's India: What's on the cards?
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....
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Ep. 154: No clear solution to immigration woes under Trump 2.0
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-3396948 There are dramatic developments regarding immigration under the new Trump Administration in the US, and the long-term consequences for...
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Ep. 152: Greenland, Canada, Panama: Chronicles of a Foreign Policy Foretold?
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.html In a week when a staggeringly large wildfire laid Los Angeles low, for which the ‘progressive’ mayor and the governor could be...
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Ep. 151: Boomeranged Narratives: Brits, H1-B, and Rape Gangs
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-3351471 For students of media, the last week of December and the first week of January have been a treat: a rare occasion to watch narrative...
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