Modi government policies, shaped by the Hindutva ideology of the RSS and its celebration of white supremacist politics and their crony capitalist projects have created conditions that enable trillionaires like Elon Musk to disgrace and mock Indian Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi by calling Mr Mukesh Ambani as the unelected Prime Minister of India. It is not merely an attack on the Modi government, Mukesh Ambani, and his corporate oligarchy. Both these corporations can compromise at any time to protect each other’s corporate interests. So, it is not merely inter-corporate rivalry to dominate the Indian market. It is a systematic campaign against India.

The Modi government’s annihilation of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in the name of a no brainer multi-alignment foreign policy is concomitant with the geopolitical requirements of Yankee imperialism, which designs “Asian NATO” under the guise of advancing the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) to contain China first and later India as well. The Congress Party made serious compromises in foreign policy and allowed the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), its Chairman and CEO Warren Anderson, to escape Indian legal accountability and judicial persecution after the Bhopal gas tragedy.

Similarly, both the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government and the Narendra Modi government further diluted the NAM and the independence of Indian foreign policy and compromised with the USA, as a result of which the current President of the USA, Mr Donald Trump, bullies India into joining as a junior partner of Yankee imperialism. He threatens to impose unfair tariffs on Indian trade to cripple Indian trade and economy by blackmailing India over its energy and security needs. The US Vice President, J. D. Vance, calls Indian professionals and workers “foreign indentured servants.”

Such racist, undignified, and uncivilised rants are not accidental. The targeting of India and Indians across the USA is not accidental. It is a systematic campaign of American corporations and their government to undermine India and the Indian state and government. Even terrorism in India is scripted by the Pentagon and operationalised by the Pakistani armed forces at the cost of Indians and Pakistani people. Washington has always sided with anti-democratic and undemocratic forces across the world to pursue its imperialist dominance and uphold its economic and political hegemony.

India does not belong to Modi and his Hindutva reactionaries who love American right-wing forces. Musk is the poster boy of American reactionaries. Mr Modi even campaigned for Mr Trump during elections. Despite all foreign policy concessions and compromises, the American ruling classes and their reactionary corporate allies are attacking India and Indians to further surrender the Indian market to American corporations at the cost of India and Indians.

If the American Public Law 480 (PL 480) program, also known as Food for Peace, was designed to make India follow American foreign policy in the name of providing food to India, then the agricultural reforms proposed and withdrawn by the Modi government were designed to destroy Indian agriculture to uphold the interests of American corporations. American foreign policy has always been designed to undermine and contain India’s economic growth and development. The BJP governments create conditions that facilitate American bullying of India and Indians.

The Modi government has already approved and provided licences to Musk's Starlink, and spectrum allocation will take place only after security clearance. However, the entitled trillionaire is restless to start its Indian operation and capture the Indian market in the name of supplying uninterrupted internet without addressing Indian security concerns. Besides security concerns, there are other significant problems with Starlink systems.

Starlink is not suitable for Indian topography, as the system is not weatherproof; heavy rain, storms, and other weather disruptions temporarily block or reduce signal frequency, resulting in a 35% reduction in download speeds, audio and video lags, and call drops. It does not work well in snow-covered and forest-covered areas or urban areas with high-rises. The orbital hazards, risks, and geopolitical security concerns make Starlink unreliable in the Indian context. It is also expensive and not suitable for Indian consumer interests.

The wars in Iran and Ukraine show that Starlink works as a tool of American imperialism. Therefore, it is not good for India and Indians. It can blackmail India and Indians while accessing the Indian market. Starlink is converting space into a junkyard for its satellites. Astronomers are critical of and concerned about Starlink satellites. In this context, the Indian government must take a cautious call on Elon Musk’s Starlink entry into India.

American foreign policy threats to India and Indians—from food security and the steel industry to information technology—led to the rise of the Green Revolution for India’s food security. The growth of the steel industry and the information technology industry is also remarkable amidst American embargoes. As the American ruling classes and their crony corporate owners are blackmailing India and Indians, it is time for an independent scientific revolution for self-reliance to decouple India from its dependence on the USA. It can start immediately with a clear foreign policy direction that sends a direct message to Yankee imperialism that India and Indians are peace-loving global citizens and refuse to surrender before Yankee imperialists and their corporations. Will the Modi government have the courage to pursue a dream for Indians and India beyond the Ambanis, Adanis, and Musks of the world?