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Modi govt’s Plan A, Plan B are not working. There are 3 areas of worry

The government’s reputation for world-class governance takes a knock every week. The overall image of a drowning India is at odds with the Rising Bharat we were promised.

Bangladesh is now India’s potential enemy, Pakistan a declared enemy, China an open enemy

We should stop hailing the bogus ‘people’s revolution’ in Dhaka and think about our own country instead. To celebrate the chaos is the same mistake as those who welcomed Arab Spring. 

After 10 years, Modi has accepted the Indian political consensus: ignore the middle class

The middle class, though largely loyal to the BJP, now has other options. The angry reaction to Budget 2024 shows how they feel betrayed.

Modi neglected his devoted salaried middle class. No reward for a decade of loyal support

Throughout the election campaign, Rahul Gandhi portrayed Modi as a patron of the oligarchs. The Prime Minister did not work too hard to dispel this unflattering caricature.

TV debates are like ancient Rome’s slave vs lion battles. Congress always get mauled

All the evidence suggests that the BJP’s future lies in rebranding itself as the party of responsible governance. Yet, night after night, its spokespeople convey the opposite impression.

No one treats Rahul as a joke now. When he speaks, BJP is rattled, not laughing

Each day brings some new dismal headlines: a train accident, a collapsing airport, an exam papers scandal. BJP can no longer ask for votes on the basis of governance alone.

The Imperial Prime Ministership is beginning to seem much less Imperial these days

BJP leadership is smart enough to recognise how vindictive CBI arrest of Arvind Kejriwal or Delhi L-G permission to prosecute Arundhati Roy looks. But it doesn’t care. The message is clear: will come after you and will get you somehow.

People who use food to show off imagined moral superiority aren’t just wrong but also idiots

The notion of food purity is essentially an offshoot of the even more offensive idea of caste purity. And it really has no place in today’s India.

Modi is going to spend next few months showing he is a man of action, and in control

If Modi wants to run a Vajpayee-style NDA alliance, he is fine. If he wants to go back to the so-called Modi Revolution, then the alliance is in more trouble than the current calm might suggest.

2024 results show Modi isn’t very different from other politicians. And just as biological

With the 2024 election results and the dependence on allies, the BJP will find it difficult to remake India. At the end of this term, Modi will leave the Indian system pretty much as it is today.

On Camera

India’s $44 billion space dream rests on getting SATCOM right

The Satellite Communication vertical is expected to contribute approximately $14.9 billion by 2033, with $12.7 billion projected from the domestic market and $2.2 billion from exports.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.