Usha’s perfect reply: “I hope my husband receives the gift of reincarnation as a Hindu.”

She didn’t say that, of course. She said nothing.

Last week, US Vice President J D Vance informed the world that he rejected his wife’s faith (and the faith of millions of Americans, and more than a billion people around the globe). “I honestly do wish that,” he said , when asked whether he wished Usha would convert to Christianity, “because I believe in the Christian Gospel, and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way.”

Set aside, for a moment, the sheer callousness of the response: He could have replied that he respected Usha’s beliefs, or otherwise deflected the question without publicly denigrating his own spouse, children and in-laws. Set aside, also, the fact that he was speak

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