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Hello and welcome to another edition of The Weekly Vine. This week, I am writing the newsletter while flying 30,000 feet in a metal container, as people around me complain about the lack of legroom—because most airlines seem to believe the average passenger is the size of Tyrion Lannister. Flying always makes me think of a…
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. In this week’s edition, we have The Free Speech Delusion, the rise and fall of Arvind Kejriwal, the “normalise Indian hate” row in DOGE, the remarkable revelations about USAID in India and Bangladesh, and the word of the day: busking. The Free Speech Delusion It’s curious how the…
In this week’s edition, we have Musk-Trump vs Deep State, Delhi’s voting day, a Sanskari-MAGA love story, budget ruminations and the word of the day: USAID. Hello and welcome to another edition of The Weekly Vine. This week, we have Musk-Trump vs. the Deep State, Delhi’s voting day, Kash Patel’s love story, ruminations about the budget,…
In this week’s edition, we talk about DeepSeek, Trump bullying Colombia, Vivek’s post-DOGE innings, Jasprit Bumrah becoming the Test Cricketer of the Year, and our word of the week: FAFO.Hello there and welcome to another edition of The Weekly Vine In this week’s edition, we talk about DeepSeek, Trump bullying Colombia, Vivek’s post-DOGE innings, Jasprit…
Hello and welcome to another edition of The Weekly Vine. This week, we commemorate the orange one’s return to the White House. But first, a little trip down memory lane on how Donald Trump helped me meet my wife. Dylan once sang during his slightly insouciant youth about his girlfriend Suzie Rotolo: “I once met a…
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. This week, we have Mark Zuckerberg LARPing as a Bihari politician, surviving Yograj Singh, Trump’s madman diplomacy, the 2025 Maha Kumbh and the Neil Gaiman allegations. Why Mark is like a Bihari politician Bihar has been home to many epochal things: one of the world’s…
Hello and welcome to 25th edition of the Weekly Vine (barring special editions). In this week’s rant, we take a pause to celebrate the liberal defender of the world, pore over Musk’s war with the UK, look forward to the next pitched battle in Delhi, discuss the importance of house help, and Meta’s decision to drop…
Hello and welcome to the first edition of the Weekly Vine in this perfect square year. I have always found resolutions funny, as if a human’s willpower is somehow tied to the gravitational forces that make the rock they were born on make a full revolution around a yellow dwarf. Yours truly doesn’t make New…
