Viewpoint by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake
The writer is a cultural anthropologist with research expertise in international political economy, peace, and development studies in South and South East Asia.*
COLOMBO (IDN) – India's capital New Delhi burned in the last week of February 2020 as US President Donald Trump pivoted to India. Visiting the world's largest and increasingly tattered 'democracy', Trump sold among other things, over USD 3 billion worth of weaponry to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The 'partnership of the century' between India and the US announced by Modi seemed designed to put China and its Belt and Road initiative (BRI), already besieged by the mysterious Novel Corona virus, on notice.