As a barely 77-year-old country, younger than both Donald J. Trump and Joe Biden, India has given us so much to talk about. It has managed to become world famous for beautiful landscapes, a strong democracy, VVIP ultra-luxury spiritual pilgrimage packages for elites intent on renouncing materialism, Israeli coffee shops in hill stations where IDF soldiers come to rid themselves of the guilt of committing war crimes against Palestinian children, and a very free, very independent Press.  Armed with our pen strokes of ludicrous alternate realities and UnTruths, The Savala Vada and The Polis Project take it upon ourselves to be the Lady Whistledown of news from South Asia and beyond—if Lady Whistledown had a WiFi connection and a grasp of Indian and Global geopolitics. To the uninitiated, The Savala Vada is the face of satire in India, bridging the gap between news and fiction—something that is getting harder to…

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