Because of a certain crisis involving the Class of 1995, Wool and England (it might involve Seba Roy), the following was a 'requested' blogpost:
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At some point, we'd have to wonder that in ignoring Antara, was the United States Govt only ignoring an individual or was it avoiding any historical necessity to establish consular ties with what Antara represented?
Because of the British involvement in the Great Game and Afghanistan or the aggressive behaviour that China showed in Tibet, no Indian Govt would ever allow Britain to be useful in the matter, even if you called it 'contact-corroboration'.
It had to be an enemy of China, it had to be the United States. (There went Biden's and Trump's much-wished Free Trade Deal with China, to Frisco and back.)
Thus, Antara might use currency information from Britain but it was another dead-end, it would lead to no change in the situation.
Most people would assume that such a consular recognition should have been up and running by now, not merely a paltry blog by Antara, from which Indians tried to grab some information and survive Communist traps.
In fact, if the consular activities got frayed because of constant attacks from Kolkata--either the media behemoth or the jewellery shops--it could be revived with a new consular format.
Antara, no one had explained to you that a 'series of brief stints at several workplaces' implied receiving the consular status, probably they didn't know what the employment was about.
ii. Even on currency matters, you were getting the disaffected British version, those that didn't like Sadiq or Hamza, those who were regarded as 'idealists', those who had been sidelined or ousted from power in the United Kingdom.
The Class of 1995, on the other hand, was getting real-time information on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be used to force cryptocurrency on hapless citizens, or even digital currency, and how crypto would score over traditional currency arrangements.
Antara, you did two correct things: you discussed that JL Nehru had probably used Ulysses S Grant-Smith, US Commissioner to Hungary in 1920-21, for the Dalai Lama episode, it ought to weaken the Jaipur Lit Fest crowd, which was trying to isolate you within the marriage with Nehru-Gandhi backing.
You also correctly insisted on separate world orders, those that loved AI and crypto, who have suddenly become important, should have a separate economy. They'd trade with those that traded in bitcoins or other crypto, since everyone had understood the inherent threat of the recent Netflix series about how AI-crypto would suddenly take over the traditional economy.
iii. This would be a good time to explain that there was no Bangladeshi conspiracy behind e-rickshaws or pedicabs, what was referred to as a 'toto' in Kolkata and its suburbs, what you used, Antara, for short-distance trips when you visited Batanagar.
The word 'toto' derived from 'pars pro toto', a figure of speech implying a part which represented the entirety. If you let crypto and Artificial Intelligence remain a part of the traditional economy, it would be a 'pars pro toto' situation, where crypto would seem a mere part of the global economy but would stealthily take over its entirety.
Worse, 'Pars' might imply Paresh, next-door neighbour to NS Road, while 'Toto' was Paresh's younger son. Toto used to do odd jobs for the bosses in Asansol's suburbs, Paresh and Toto were rotten Agency operatives.
The Agency used Paresh and Toto/'pars pro toto' to indicate the danger to the lease family, in the form of Artificial Intelligence and the crypto-economy?
What kind of activities went on at NS Road when the females were not involved?
How did it connect to Reinhard Heydrich?
August 11, 2025.