Quick notes: Richest hypocrite | Linux's time has come...

• India seeks a partner, not bully: India spent 25 years believing it had moved from America’s waiting room to its drawing room. Trump’s second term is showing New Delhi the door.



• The US Wants India To 'Obey', Not Negotiate: Washington had renewed diplomatic engagement with Pakistan. The largest importer of Russian oil and gas, China, was left untouched while India was punished.



• America First, Hypocrisy Always: Trump's Double Standards On Russian Oil. . . The diesel pact, double standards and the price of strategic partnership.



• World's richest hypocrite: A Pentagon contractor building Trump's Golden Dome wants to run internet over Indian soil, and he throws a tantrum every time someone asks who holds the off switch.
  
  Starlink is banned in China. Have you ever called Xi Jinping a monopolist? Called Chinese critics shills? Written a sarcastic letter to Prime Minister Xi? No!
  
  Because Beijing would shut your factory by Monday. India can't.
  
  
• Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans: Musk has already given more money, about $366 million, than he did during the 2024 election, when he laid out roughly $290 million to help return President Trump and Republicans to power.
  
  
• Elon Musk Is Aligned With China, Warns Taiwanese Op-Ed, Advising TSMC To Reject Terafab Chip Making Project Partnership



• Indian stocks: 'The 'great bull-market' that began in India in 2003 is over'.
  
  
• India's national debt rose from 50 lakh crores in 2014 to 200 lakh crores today: Shan Shanmuganathan challenges India's official GDP growth figures.
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  Price of Rupee stability: RBI has spent half of $140 billion FX capital haul in rupee defence, bankers estimate. . . $143-bn boat fails to shield ₹ from shark



• Linux in 2026: Why Millions Are Switching Away from Windows for Good. . . . Desktop Linux is now inevitable. Here's why.
  
  
• Lesson for India: US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS-based software ecosystem — trial programs running now, first release expected at end of 2027



• BikAss: Kedarnath generates 50.30 tonnes of waste in 5 months



• Beyond the language wars, Bengaluru’s migrants are learning Kannada.




• Trump's weak points: China has quietly got Trump by the soybeans :-)