‘Democratic backsliding’: It’s time America stopped running with pro-India hare and hunting with anti-India hounds

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The US needs India as much, if not more, as New Delhi needs Washington — for dealing with the Dragon and for strengthening the Western, liberal global order India has not just become the “only bright spot” economically, as the IMF wants us to believe, but also diplomatically and geostrategically, the country has started behaving like a global power. Image: PTI In 2021, The New York Times posted an online advertisement for the job of a South Asia business correspondent based in New Delhi. One of the requirements sought for the position even startled the staunchest of NYT supporters. For,...