Shameless color and Soros.

"Indian tax authorities say they have uncovered irregularities in the BBC's accounting books after searches at the broadcaster's offices in the country." BBC. "The allegations come amid a row in India over a BBC documentary." "Following a three-day long survey action on the Mumbai and New Delhi offices of British media company BBC by the Income Tax Department, the Centre on Friday (yesterday) said that the operation revealed several discrepancies and inconsistencies with regard to transfer pricing documentation." ET. This was clearly a vindictive retaliation for airing a documentary: "India: the Modi Question". The raid was covered by well known media channels in the US and UK so that people who had not heard of the documentary will now be curious to see what it contains. Recently the Bollywood movie "Pathan" was attacked by right-wing Hindu groups apparently because a song titled "Besharam Rang", meaning 'shameless color', featured actress Deepika Padukone wearing a saffron-colored swimsuit. ET. As if they own the orange color which, as every schoolchild knows, is part of VIBGYOR. wikipedia. As a result, "This Valentine's Day, Shah Rukh Khan was showered with lots of love from his fans as they thronged the theatres to watch Pathan again." TIE. The movie has grossed Rs 4.8 billion already. The Indian government should remember that Sky TV offers 19 Indian channels in the UK, which will be repatriating profits to India, whereas BBC is probably the only British channel available in India. Megalomania is best restricted for hapless Indian citizens. "Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar...stressed the need for countering 'doctored narratives' that seek to run down India's growth story and described the dumping of information as another way of 'invasion'." DH. Exactly. Indians should, like lobotomized zombies, believe whatever they are told and refrain from accessing information independently. Much like our best friend and teacher China's Great Firewall (wikipedia). "Union Minster Smriti Irani...slammed Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros for attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani." DNA. Soros said that Modi will have to answer questions from foreign investors. "In 1992, Soros shorted the British pound and reportedly made a profit of USD 1 billion." ET. Soros is watching as the RBI seeks to make the rupee an international currency. TOI. India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $8.3 billion to $566.95 billion in the week ending 10 February, "marking the sharpest drop since April 2022". TOI. The US and UK governments have been restrained because India's rising importance as a counter to China and the recent order for airplanes by Air India. Aol. A fictitious entity called the 'Democratic Party of India', whose registered address was the Indian Embassy at 2107 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, was used to lobby US lawmakers, according to a report. The Wire. Since 2014, the government has paid over $10 million to lobbying firms. Problem about bluffing is that it has to go on. But, can it go on forever.