India, March 31 -- The medical term for the condition is 'pain empathy.' Although not personally impacted in any way, I have been a mental wreck for the last few years, psychologically lacerated by what Narendra Modi has wreaked on this once vibrant democracy. It's got so bad that those closest to us - living in America - have accused me of nursing a psychotic Modi fixation.

But, since Trump's 'accession' as President, these solicitous critics have themselves been obsessing about the Trumpian blight on their lives. And they represent a cross-section of American society - a USAID programme executive, three professors, a physiotherapist, a federal employee and four corporate fat cats who are in a state of shock and rage at what's unravelli...