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What was staged in the Capitol, Washington, DC, on 6 January 2021 was a hybrid event: part religious, part political. At the centre of it was the image of the QAnon shaman, Jacob Anthony Chansley, alias Jake Angeli, described picturesquely by Chris Cuomo of the CNN as the ‘horned heathen’. Angeli is no politician. Nor […]

When “Howdy Modi”, a near-celestial mega event, was unfurled in Houston, Texas, on the 19th of September 2019, Trump’s victory in the November 2020 presidential election seemed settled. My Prime Minister turned prophetic on that occasion, and decided that Trump would continue in office. ‘Abki baar, Trump Sarkar!’ (meaning, “This election will result in a