It is my fervent belief, even if most might find it counterintuitive (or worse), that we must honour President Trump with the Bharat Ratna. This would be for his stellar service to the future of India and the strongest impetus he has given towards making her a great nation.

For those who think I am being facetious or cynical, I assure you that I am not at all. I think the Donald has the best interest of India at heart.

As a true statesman, he has helped India and her leaders overcome the last barrier towards greatness—and that is realising that to be truly great, one must stand alone, think for oneself, and act for oneself alone. To be aatmanirbhara not just in procuring or selling goods, but also in envisioning oneself in the future as the future.

India, to be a great nation, needed to recover her spirit. Yes, she has come a long way. But the illusion of trying to work with others, to make friends and believe in them, was still hanging over her as a colonial hangover.

Donald Trump, like a great spiritual guru, has rid her of this maya of trying to bring others along. No more illusions, he says, and like a hyper-yogi, the Ishvara of the residual hyperpower, he has stripped the façade of falsehood and pretences. “India," he........

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