Ananth Krishnan

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Director at The Hindu Group. Author, India’s China Challenge. Connect with me on Substack, where I write The India China Newsletter.

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Ananth Krishnan @ananthkrishnan 4d

If you’re wondering why Chinese streamers are going to low-income areas of Bangladesh and passing it off as India, it’s probably because
(1) India (and putting India down) sells on Chinese social media (2) Harder to get visas to film in India, so B’desh
en.prothomalo.com/amp/story/bang…

Ananth Krishnan @ananthkrishnan Nov 4

Must read from @suhasinih: What the U.S. #Midterms and the changing winds in Washington may mean - and may not mean - for India thehindu.com/news/national/…

www.thehindu.com U.S. midterm results may matter less for India-U.S. ties than for India’s room to manoeuvre in... The U.S. midterm results may matter less for India-U.S. ties than for geopolitics, from the Iran war and Russian oil to trade talks and the Quad.

Ananth Krishnan @ananthkrishnan Nov 4

In Karnataka’s Mahadevapura constituency, where the "vote chori" controversy first erupted, even after the SIR exercise supposed to weed out such cases, there were 803 voter IDs linked to just 397 people.

Another great report from @rishitaakhanna

thehindu.com/news/cities/ba…

www.thehindu.com In Karnataka seat where ‘vote chori’ claims first surfaced, over 800 voter IDs linked to 397 names... Karnataka’s Mahadevapura shows 803 voter IDs linked to 397 people after SIR, with duplicates across constituencies and multiple IDs raised concerns over electoral integrity.

Ananth Krishnan @ananthkrishnan Nov 4

The world, for the next two years, will have to deal with either a triumphant, I-told-you-so Trump, or what's looking more likely, a vengeful Trump with nothing left to lose.

Ananth Krishnan @ananthkrishnan Oct 29

Karnataka SIR: Of the 64.5 lakh voters potentially missing in the rolls, 38.41 lakh, or 59.5%, are in the 18-29 age group.
@pon_vasanth @rishitaakhanna
thehindu.com/data/karnataka…

www.thehindu.com Karnataka SIR: 64.5 lakh voters potentially missing in rolls, majority of them young Karnataka’s final electoral rolls show a 64.5 lakh under-enrolment, skewed toward 18–29-year-olds, sparking concerns of unjust deletions.