'Democratic backsliding': It's time America stopped running with pro-India hare and hunting with anti-India hounds

The US needs India as much, if not more, as New Delhi needs Washington — for dealing with the Dragon and for strengthening the Western, liberal global order India has not just become the "only bright spot" economically, as the IMF wants us to believe, but also diplomatically and geostrategically, the country has started behaving like a global power. Image: PTI In 2021, The New York Times posted an online advertisement for the job of a South Asia business correspondent based in New Delhi. One of the requirements sought for the position even startled the staunchest of NYT supporters. For,…