<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>National Interest on Ram’s blog</title><link>https://blog.ramiyer.me/tags/national-interest/</link><description>Recent content in National Interest on Ram’s blog</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-IN</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 17:42:13 +0530</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://blog.ramiyer.me/tags/national-interest/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Why I Distrust Politicians</title><link>https://blog.ramiyer.me/why-i-distrust-politicians/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 22:48:21 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://blog.ramiyer.me/why-i-distrust-politicians/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Democracy and politics are inseparable. One would be a fool to deny that. However, there are undrawn lines in politics that one should never cross. In my view, &lt;em&gt;national interest&lt;/em&gt; is one.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Before anyone jumps the gun, let me clarify: I have no party affiliations. For the full picture on where I stand, refer to &lt;a href="https://blog.ramiyer.me/politics/" &gt;my political stance&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>