If this is what the place of the king (the etymological roots of the Hindi word for capital city, rajdhani) looks like, what hope is there for the rest of us?
But I'm sure #AI will solve air pollution. But to get there we must first let it melt glaciers, and achieve "intelligence sovereignty". No, that's definitely not marketing spin for "let's build data centres in the third world, with the world's largest population centres, minimal regulation and water precarity"
"We invite the whole world's data to reside in India", says Dear Leader.
What he didn't say was, "You don't need to worry about silly things like community participation. We don't do that here. We'll evict, murder and use the threat of violence to displace people. Just see what we've done and continue to do to the Adivasis on the instruction of the mining barons"
https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/we-invite-the-worlds-data-to-reside-in-india-pm-modi/
Did you know?
The self-appointed "mother of democracy" requires conference attendees to be reviewed by the Ministry of External Affairs for "political clearance"
https://www.mea.gov.in/conference-clearance-system.htm
Like many Indian mothers, I guess this one can't bear to hear some truths.
Vinay