If someone was killed while being forced to chant slogans, it is the media’s job to report it and not sanitise it to suit someone’s sense of political correctness.
In Episode 402 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains what happened before Justice Muralidhar’s transfer was suddenly notified on the night of 26 February.
Maternity shoots seem to be accepted in India if the mother is a Bollywood star, not a model. The flak designer Ayush Kejriwal received recently proves just that.
Though Amulya Patnaik has been known for his 'honesty' and 'sense of judgement', many now see him as a Delhi Police commissioner who failed his force during the riots.
While IMF and World Bank have forecast a mild recovery, there are issues that need to be addressed for India to post a long-term growth average of over 6.6%.
Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
India has to manage its different interest in different ways. For standing up to China in Indo Pacific, we need USA for various defense equipment and Russia as well. For land border with China (and Pak- we have to assume anyway that China arches over us through Pak as well), we need equipment from Russia, France, Israel and US. So we are multi aligned for our security requirements. As regards trade, we have to protect our domestic market and hence, mindless free trade agreements cannot be signed under RECP or with US. Of course, this is more due to our policy inaction in changing cost and efficiency structure of our economy and is mainly a politically self inflicted pain! As regards India’s standing in geo politics, it will depend on overall economy and how other countries are able to benefit from our markets and economic growth. Here again, outdated political choices have limited our options. As regards a seat at UNSC or NSG, it is not going to happen anytime soon but we are fine with it for now. So there is no big deal about it, but this is a good topic for diplomats (particularly the retired ones) to organize international seminars and round tables and talk endlessly (and aimlessly)! Hope this upcoming conference bill is not by MEA!
With a per capita income of $ 2,000, we cannot afford to run ahead of ourselves on the global stage. India is being rerated globally, for both its economy and the evolving nature of its internal politics. Not just by the US in relation to our asymmetry with China but even by our small neighbours in South Asia. Should emerging trends continue, India will no longer be well received in the comity of nations. Organising the Raisina Dialogues will not change that reality.
India has to manage its different interest in different ways. For standing up to China in Indo Pacific, we need USA for various defense equipment and Russia as well. For land border with China (and Pak- we have to assume anyway that China arches over us through Pak as well), we need equipment from Russia, France, Israel and US. So we are multi aligned for our security requirements. As regards trade, we have to protect our domestic market and hence, mindless free trade agreements cannot be signed under RECP or with US. Of course, this is more due to our policy inaction in changing cost and efficiency structure of our economy and is mainly a politically self inflicted pain! As regards India’s standing in geo politics, it will depend on overall economy and how other countries are able to benefit from our markets and economic growth. Here again, outdated political choices have limited our options. As regards a seat at UNSC or NSG, it is not going to happen anytime soon but we are fine with it for now. So there is no big deal about it, but this is a good topic for diplomats (particularly the retired ones) to organize international seminars and round tables and talk endlessly (and aimlessly)! Hope this upcoming conference bill is not by MEA!
With a per capita income of $ 2,000, we cannot afford to run ahead of ourselves on the global stage. India is being rerated globally, for both its economy and the evolving nature of its internal politics. Not just by the US in relation to our asymmetry with China but even by our small neighbours in South Asia. Should emerging trends continue, India will no longer be well received in the comity of nations. Organising the Raisina Dialogues will not change that reality.
Poor productivity of the labor force trumps low wages in India. US has no illusion about it as does the entire world.