Antara had been assigned to work on Chetla. The latter was not being identified nor was she being harassed because of the discussions.
Thus, China's interest in the matter had taken everyone by surprise.
"Chetla had lived in the US for more than two decades when the US Govt decided to visit China in May 2026. Antara had often shown her surprise that Chetla had currency aspirations but neither headed any think-tank nor was employed in global institutions. However Antara's concerns about Chetla's career were ignored, the Treasury should have checked with the Presidential Foundations and Museums before leaving for China, whether Chetla was about to join any of them."
By May 20, 2026, Antara had severed all connections with the US Govt (Class Act blogpost, 'It was over') so it might seem that Chetla would have to accept a Foundation job from a govt in which Antara had little or no interest.
While Antara retained some interest in the activities of the US Govt, the C.P. and Berar Fisheries Act of 1948 (Madhya Pradesh) had got her worried.
As some of you might know, Ajit wore his hair long as a child.
By the mid-1940s, his hair was down to his waist. "Your paternal grandmother braided Ajit's hair, at the end of the day, after he had come home from playing with his cousins, she braided it as a 'bera-beni'," Anjali would say.
With the Benioffs owning Time Magazine since 2018 and references to Central Provinces and Berar, you might understand why Antara felt anxious.
Did the strictures on what kind of NATO leadership the world needed come from Central Provinces and Berar? If those meant to follow the strictures showed signs of slacking, did the Benioffs scold them, let's say since 2013? Why did the western countries never protest what Berar was doing?
Over the last few days, it seemed the Benioffs had not liked it mentioned that Barings Bank might have taken an interest in Austria (Class Act, 'Businessmen of repute? May 18, 2026).
It followed that the Benioffs would be furious if it was suggested that Brabourne Junior College dorm had been gathered to be mentored in the Nazi Holocaust narrative by Barings Bank.
Antara severing connections with the US Govt might be blamed on Austria, what if others started severing connections as well? That wouldn't be Austria? It would become obvious these were WWII people, they were well-off and wanted to preserve their WWII information from distortion, so they'd be investing in Houses, in Asian countries not secure with their narratives.
Where was the difficulty with narratives?
It was not enough to know that Pratibha had died of jaundice, that Security Intelligence Middle East (SIME) had been blamed, that SIMEX (Singapore International Monetary Exchange) had been established in 1984.
Antara had jaundice in 1984, her parents had taken her to school on an autorickshaw because it was her birthday, why had SIMEX and jaundice come together again, this time in Antara's life?
Who was encouraging her to sever connections with the US Govt was not the point.
Why did you wait to give Antara her narrative till the Benioffs purchased Time magazine in 2018? What would have happened if Antara had found out her narrative a few years earlier?
Antara's maternal great-grandfather (he was called Motilal) had interesting anecdotes about fisheries.
"Motilal had his own ponds, whatever was caught in the morning was cooked, a huge pot of fish curry simmered in the courtyard through the day, anyone passing by would have lunch, we never had to count the pieces/steaks of fishes like you did, ladles scooped out the fishes, how many didn't matter," Anjali would say.
Antara was perusing colonial fisheries legislation and found "private water" defined as "exclusive property of any person...as owner, lessee or in any other capacity".
And then there was Bengali comic story of an individual who had entered the "private waters", in the early hours of the morning, to grab some fish, and what a furore in the neighbourhood, "seems like we got a big fish in the net".
May 21, 2026
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