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I honestly don't have a good answer to that. But I think someone like Tim Walz, who has some progressive ideas, but still fits the image of a president for most Americans, is the better choice for the next term.

I don't make the rules. US is deeply racist and sexist. There isn't much we can do to change it overnight. Trying to push an ultra progressive candidate will simply mean losing the election. I'll love to see Bernie or AOC as the president, but most Americans think that they're Communist, and that's somehow a deal breaker to them.

I'm literally a fucking socialist. I'm just being pragmatic here.

There may be other reasons, but US has never had a woman president. Ever. I don't think this is the time to risk it again. Maybe if the dems win once and do well, they can try pushing for AOC next.

It's very hard to find non-electric trains in India. In my >23 years spent there, the only time I encountered those were in the hill regions. And this map does align with that i.e. places with high altitude railway tracks seem to have a lower percentage of electrification in general.

It's actually a pretty rare sight. The pictures you see online are mostly historical, and sometimes Bangladeshi. (I have nothing against them. In fact, I speak Bangla as my first language and can relate to them more than I do to north and south Indians. But they do still have that issue to some degree.)

Even though AOC is one of the rare American politicians that I like, it's probably not the best idea to make her the presidential candidate. Simply due to the fact that she's a woman. The last few dem losses make it clear that America is still very sexist.

It's probably Putin or Mohammed bin Salman, if we're talking about how much money they can personally move around. Or maybe even Trump, since there seems to be no one in the US to stop him from doing whatever the fuck he wants.

I usually shut off the mains.

Okay, so this was interesting to me, since Bara Dada isn't really a name. It literally means elder brother in Bengali. (Although most speakers will shorten it to Borda in everyday conversation.) I did a bit of searching, and the quote seems to come from Dwijendranath Tagore, the eldest brother of the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath did refer to Dwijendranath as Bara Dada (Boro Dada would be the better pronunciation) in his writings, and Dwijendranath was a philosopher and poet so it makes sense. The original quote seems to be, "Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians -- you are not like him." which is found in the book The Christ of the Indian Road by E. Stanley Jones.

Best political, probably Kolkata 71. Parasite is also very good. Best apolitical, I have to go with Panther Panchali. It's so hard to just choose one movie, my answer will probably change if you ask me again in a few days. A list of 20 might do it a bit more justice lol.