India in Rapid Decline
I speak with Chris Baker on Fountainhead Forum about why I now think India can decline rapidly, not merely slowly, and why the country’s problems are civilizational rather than merely political or economic.
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The Inferiority Behind Immigrant Superiority
In this essay, I examine the insecurity, mimicry, and status anxiety often hidden behind exaggerated immigrant displays of superiority, identity, and cultural pride.
Predation Wearing the Mask of Civilization
An essay on India’s institutions, corruption, bureaucracy, moral decay, and how predation can survive beneath the outward forms of civilization.
Discussion with Richard Kary: May 2026
A two-hour discussion with Richard Kary on the Iran–U.S. war, China today, India’s deeper weaknesses, and the shifting global order.
Institutions Cannot Be Transplanted
An essay on why institutions cannot be transplanted from one society to another, and why law, democracy, markets, rights, and governance depend on deeper cultural and moral foundations.
Iran vs the USA
Discussion on the escalating Iran-US tensions, India’s dangerous energy vulnerability, and the deeper cultural patterns behind its foreign policy failures.
Understanding the Indian mind
Jayant Bhandari discusses Indian culture, caste mentality, spirituality, and why Third World societies remain trapped in dysfunction.
India Betrayed Iran?
Analysis of the Iranian frigate incident, India’s vassal-like foreign policy, and its dangerous energy vulnerability.
China’s Energy Resilience
Comparison of China’s long-term energy planning with India’s ongoing fuel and power struggles.
The Third World: Second-Hand Modernity
A society can launch satellites yet remain pre-modern. Jayant Bhandari explains the fragile imitation called “second-hand modernity.”