Prasad Babu

Prasad Babu is a writer, author, and journalist with a keen focus on India. His work delves into the complexities of Indian politics, society, economy, environment, and technology. He owns and operates wintek.in and flamesofdissent.com.

SilverLine: A bourgeois project for those born with a silver spoon in their mouth.

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SilverLine  project and K-Rail is a complete failure. SilverLine will derail state’s economy, ecosystem and livelihood of thousands. Communist Party, who lost power in West Bengal and then in Tripura is facing a fund crunch. Senior Communist leaders in Kerala like Chief Minister Pinarayai Vijayan were honest and sincere. But, now there seems to be … Read more

Game Theory; AUKUS, Reinforced QUAD, China-Specific:

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Grand Game Theory of Geo-politics and Trade.   ‘Game theory’ uses computing and logic to predict what people will do when they are competing against each other. It tries to apply science to strategy. It creates a model that forecasts decisions and counter-decisions for a given scenario. According to declassified CIA report published by Yale … Read more

Common man Grappling with Distorted Democracies:

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A broken democracy. Democracy is the system in most of the countries around the world. Democracy helps citizens to choose their leaders to run the government, where a party with majority that is more than half will get to rule. We were taught this, since our school days. I still remember a subject called ‘Civics’ … Read more

USSR and USA were after Afghanistan for opium:

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Would you believe that USSR and USA were after Afghanistan for opium?  Popy cultivation in Afghanistan. Afghanistan would have been a far better place for human existence, if the world around was ready to accept USSR having close relationship with Afghanistan.   Afghanistan could have been a developing country with lot of employment and business … Read more

Diminishing Glory of UK and USA

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Shifting Global Power Dynamics The British empire had colonies across the globe. They were there everywhere on earth. Thus, there was a saying that, ‘the sun never set on British Empire’, because always it was daytime somewhere in the empire. Today United Kingdom is a developed country but is losing its significance with each passing … Read more

How far India can tolerate Chinese aggression?

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 How far India can tolerate Chinese aggression after 1962 war, standoff at Dokhlam in 2017 and the skirmishes at Galwan valley last year? The 1962 war, the skirmishes at Dokhlam and in Galwan valley put together has killed hundreds of brave Indian army men. And I am of the opinion that a friendly relationship and … Read more