It was a crisis discussed for a while

There was a problem when it came to the alliance between British colonisers and (say) Indian royals attacking the legit lease.

We were talking of the 1830s and 1840s, and while the British could access lease-related intelligence from various American sources, including military, they were not being able to infiltrate the Hebrew Congregation of Rhode Island. The Hebrew Congregation didn't want lease-related information to travel across the world, definitely not to India, which was a wealthy country.

If the British and the Indians didn't understand the Hebrew Congregation, there was little possibility they'd be able to lecture the Balkans on currency, never mind how much the Indians hated the concept of currency notes (mostly because it couldn't be worn as jewellery.)

At such a time of crisis, Debendranath (of the Tagores) apparently sat under a tree (it was a 'chhatim' tree, while 'chhata' was umbrella in Bengali), meditated and received enlightenment. He received spiritual guidance to establish an Orthodox Jewish Synagogue at London's Westminster, without making it obvious that the Tagores were involved. 

Such a synagogue was set up in 1848, the Jews gathered there while Europe plunged into revolutionary fervour. If Europe didn't notice the synagogue, things would quickly go wrong.

Debendranath was 31 years old at that time.

What happened, was New York not aware of the significance of the '31' when they went with Mamdani? Was it an intelligence failure, not knowing that '31' referred to a Tagore-inspired synagogue in London?

What Debendranath attempted at the Orthodox synagogue in London was the most vicious attack on the 1790 lease. He threw open the possibility that the lease wouldn't remain merely Jewish, that it would include all People of Colour. 

He suggested bringing more Jews in, what about the Lost Tribes of Israel, what about those that no longer identified as Jews but maintained those Jewish traits?

It would lead to the 1858 lease-signing, India moving from Mughal and East India Company rule to British Crown rule, embarking on a modernising path, forgetting its own traditions. The Americans would plunge into the most horrifying strife, known as the American Civil War.

So the 1858 lease-signing was not a good thing. Debendranath had nasty ideas, there was little the United States Govt would gain from it. 

But you were an American in the present day, was the American Civil War your history or was India under British Crown Rule your history? Which would you rather learn from? What if Chetla got upset if you leaned towards the US, given she was an 'American'?

ii. It was not important if Antara got the concept of Homeland Security wrong, especially after 9/11. 

To begin with, Antara didn't pay attention to Homeland Security or why it was being set up, for it seemed a guilt-ridden nation like the United States was hiding behind bureaucratic manuevers. 

'We have allowed an attack on Wall Street and American capitalism for there could be no bad parents in the world, nor did we have the courage to call out Ajit and Anjali or investigate their behaviour.' 

Now listen to what Antara heard over the last decade:

"Americans thought the birth of one's children was the cessation of morality. Hence there could be no bad parents, because all immoral acts were allowed once there were children in the household."

"Americans thought becoming a parent was a passport to a criminal career. Hence their eagerness to marry and have a brood."

"Americans never cited which religious texts allowed such rules. Religious books were always for adults, which ones said get married and then discard morality?"

"Americans made up the above rules, that there was no bad parent at all and if there was one, it needed 9/11 attacks to deflect attention. A Jewish guy called J Robert Oppenheimer had turned out to be cleverer than other Americans, and the Americans ran to Kolkata for help and guidance."

Kolkata sent Chetla to the US.

June 30, 2025.