By now, everyone had understood that the 'karate' reference from the Class of 1995 was about Okinawa and the Pacific Theatre during WWII.
Karate was developed in Okinawa and brought to Japan in the 1920s.
Apparently, 'karate' meant "empty-handed", which was what Antara's in-laws (the spouse's parents) had said at the time of Antara's wedding, "That girl would never get anything in her life", implying either it would be grabbed by the Class of 1995 or others.
Even for her own work, Antara wouldn't be paid.
Karate as a method of self-defence was taught in Asansol schools right from the late 1980s, Asansol AG Church was the only exception.
By the time Antara's sibling became a schoolteacher (at an English-medium school in Purulia), it was the mid-1990s, she had said that "karate classes were compulsory for boys and girls, right from Class 1 to Class 10".
India was thus a karate nation, thereby an Okinawa nation, except Asansol AG Church.
Thus, advising Antara to learn and use karate instead of trying to be an academic person, focussed on research, was advice coming from Washington DC. Antara was not sure what it meant.
If Antara had not pursued academic excellence, the NRIs would have been comfortable?
Antara's pursuit of higher education was prohibited by the First Lady Intelligence Desk within the White House?
It should have been provided in writing, all citizens were governed by codified law, what was Washington DC trying to convey?
ii. Asansol AG Church did organise a karate demo/display, sometime in the early 1990s. A few well-trained karate-kas had turned up (all Bengalis), led by a young woman, they performed on the concrete stage in the playground, displaying various karate maneuvers and stunts like smashing through layered bricks etc. It ended by advising self-defence classes for girls and women, which would involve a private operative, the school would not arrange for such lessons.
Thus, it was possible that Washington DC would provide no assistance to anyone on lease or currency or Treasury matters, because of the game it was playing with Okinawa. However, Antara could approach a private operative if she felt too much aggression and Treasury-related hostility from those around her.
Thus, DC seemed to have chosen sides in the currency espionage business, deciding to support those who were illicit and meant harm.
However, Asansol AG Church had made a mistake about the "concrete base". Around 2003, Antara's spouse's then-colleagues had discussed the "go-go years on Wall Street of the 1960s", a time of high-risk mutual fund investing and above-average profits.
Thus, if it was known that DC had collected Hitler intelligence through the 1950s, that it went 'go-go investing' in the 1960s, which German Nazi would fall for that trap? No wonder the low-grade Nazis crowded around Washington DC.
iii. Moscow should have kept the above in mind.
When North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test on September 3, 2017, apparently a hydrogen bomb, in Trump's first year as US President, it was a declaration of war from the United States against Russia, given September 3 was the birthday of FCD's Aleksandr Sakharovsky.
Antara was an Indian citizen, she decided not to side with Moscow in the Ukraine War. But she couldn't ignore that the DC establishment had made a tremendous effort to push her towards the Russians.
Why was Antara not "the right fit" for DC while the Class of 1995 was "perfect DC material"?
November 16, 2025.
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