There are 3 perfectly timed triggers for this week's column: old, povertarian instincts are back; steel industry lobbying for more import duties; absence of reformers like AD Shroff.
Broken cricket relationships in the Subcontinent aren’t about any disputes over the game, nor Hindu-Muslim issues. It’s about the state of nations, and what goes on between them.
Charges against Adanis this time are much graver, especially as these come not from any ‘interested’ market operator but a sovereign govt. Any quick damage control is unlikely.
India just needs clear deterrence against both likely adversaries. With China, it lies in raising costs of aggression to levels it should find unaffordable. For Pakistan, it has to be punitive.
The Modi of 2024 was not riding the troika of propositions that won him two majorities and most recently brought Trump back to power. He was merely fighting to keep what was his.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.
If Sikh separatists are a nuisance, it should worry their host countries. Should it bother India if they keep killing their own in gang rivalries and making their neighbourhoods unsafe?
National interest always trumps pan-Islamism. Their shared strategic threat is Iran, its Shia base. The so-called Muslim world has stopped seeing Palestine as an Islamic issue.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
No guts no glory. Aatma Nirbhar Bharat sounds a lot to me like Cuba, women rolling thick cigars, cars with rocket fins that I saw as a five year old in Bombay. 2. Vikasit Bharat by 2047 is equally a chimera. India’s per capita income, for 95% of the population, is $ 1,130. To climb out of this trough, with stunted and malnourished children, we need to make the same trek that China at one gigantic end of the scale, Vietnam at the more modest one, have made over the last two generations. 3. 33 years after the reforms of 1991, elections are still being won on schemes like Ladki Behena. And India is not awash with the hydrocarbon wealth that allows Gulf rulers to buy the loyalty and indulgence of their people. 4. Who will bell the cat. The system is working well enough for the fat cats.
Ten-a-penny-socialist India is allergic to free-market capitalism. Left, right, and centre—all chant freebies, subsidies, reservations, and loan waivers. Jawaharlal Nehru buried India six feet under socialism. Shameless BJP swears by socialism. Third-rate socialists are called ‘intellectuals’ in India.
The article’s concerns about India’s economic trajectory overlook the significant strides made under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership. Initiatives like “Make in India” and “Atmanirbhar Bharat” have revitalized domestic manufacturing and reduced foreign dependency. The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has streamlined taxation, fostering a more unified market. Moreover, infrastructure development has accelerated, with substantial investments in highways, railways, and digital connectivity, laying the groundwork for sustained economic growth. While challenges persist, the current administration’s commitment to economic reform and self-reliance is evident and commendable.
Jholawalas from Swadeshi Jagran Manch have been running this country since 2014. It’s only now that the economy has started feeling the bite.
Some fresh blood is needed in Commerce ministry and Industry/Labour. The current occupants have been in the scene for too long.
Until then we are going to see Status Quo, if not reversal of reforms.
Marxist Nehru to Marxist Modi. India needs its Narsimha Raos and Atal Bihari Vajpayees more then ever.
No guts no glory. Aatma Nirbhar Bharat sounds a lot to me like Cuba, women rolling thick cigars, cars with rocket fins that I saw as a five year old in Bombay. 2. Vikasit Bharat by 2047 is equally a chimera. India’s per capita income, for 95% of the population, is $ 1,130. To climb out of this trough, with stunted and malnourished children, we need to make the same trek that China at one gigantic end of the scale, Vietnam at the more modest one, have made over the last two generations. 3. 33 years after the reforms of 1991, elections are still being won on schemes like Ladki Behena. And India is not awash with the hydrocarbon wealth that allows Gulf rulers to buy the loyalty and indulgence of their people. 4. Who will bell the cat. The system is working well enough for the fat cats.
Ten-a-penny-socialist India is allergic to free-market capitalism. Left, right, and centre—all chant freebies, subsidies, reservations, and loan waivers. Jawaharlal Nehru buried India six feet under socialism. Shameless BJP swears by socialism. Third-rate socialists are called ‘intellectuals’ in India.
The article’s concerns about India’s economic trajectory overlook the significant strides made under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership. Initiatives like “Make in India” and “Atmanirbhar Bharat” have revitalized domestic manufacturing and reduced foreign dependency. The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has streamlined taxation, fostering a more unified market. Moreover, infrastructure development has accelerated, with substantial investments in highways, railways, and digital connectivity, laying the groundwork for sustained economic growth. While challenges persist, the current administration’s commitment to economic reform and self-reliance is evident and commendable.