Read or watch the media about the elections in France or the soon-to-be elections in Britain. Cast your mind back to the U.S. and the coming of President Trump, or if you’re in India trace every news article on Prime Minister Modi. Fake news, left and alt-right media notwithstanding, for a student and analyst of history it’s all fascinating. And scary! From the points the media makes, no matter which end of the extreme (or even perhaps dead centre) that you believe in, there are subtle sub-texts to be understood, interpreted and applied. They go unapplied as historians of the future may well conclude! At one level, if the media reflects what we are that reflection is truly disturbing. If Trump is an indication, the reflection we see for ourselves is “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most beautiful of them all”. And in some senses this is about ignorant, shallow vanity, even narcissism, which in its own way can be dangerously destructive. Yet if some sanity around preva...
Notes, thoughts and interpretations of current world events by Vivek Y. Kelkar