Sadanand Dhume

@dhume

CFR Senior Fellow, WSJ Columnist. Author of My Friend the Fanatic and Tinderbox.

Washington, DC

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Sadanand Dhume
@dhume
Aug 27
Mounds of rotting garbage, trains overflowing with commuters, half-drowned school buses on flooded roads. The age of social media has been brutal for India’s global image. [My take] wsj.com/opinion/indias…
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Sadanand Dhume
@dhume
Aug 31
Dignity is one of those strange things that are hard to define, but that people instinctively recognize when they encounter it. In the cacophony of Indian TV news, Naghma Sahar stood out for her calm professionalism and quiet dignity. She will be missed.
Naghma Sahar
@NaghmaSahar
Aug 31
It’s finally goodbye to NDTV. I spent 23 years with the NDTV I knew, and somehow the last three with the “new” NDTV. But there comes a moment when you realise that a chapter has simply run its course. No grand conclusions. Just the quiet relief of knowing it is time to move on.
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Sadanand Dhume
@dhume
Aug 31
@RichardHanania: “It’s not news that stupid people are stupid. But one feature of populist movements is that the attitudes, beliefs, and aesthetics of more excitable and less thoughtful members of the public end up in control.” [On the failure of the tech right.]
richardhanania.com
Why the Tech Right Failed
The origins of my anti-populist radicalism
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Sadanand Dhume
@dhume
Aug 28
Fine to make this point, @ConstantinoX. But India’s image problem is not confined to America. In 2011, 71% of Australians had a favorable view of India. It’s now down to 44%. A lot of folks have responded to my piece with some version of “we don’t care” or “public opinion
Constantino Xavier
@ConstantinoX
Aug 28
Much discussion about this piece by @dhume, whose writings always provoke thought. Worth considering an alternative: America has a global perspective problem.
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Sadanand Dhume
@dhume
Aug 26
Vivek @wadhwa is a well known voice in Silicon Valley. Worth paying attention to his views on how years of unscrupulous gaming of the H-1B program contributed to a wider backlash against Indian immigrants in America.
Vivek Wadhwa
@wadhwa
Aug 26
H-1B’s death should cheer Indians and Americans. This is about an article I wrote telling India why it should support America terminating the H-1B visa program: H-1B was created to fill genuine shortages of highly skilled workers. It was supposed to allow American companies to
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