A party will win or lose the next election depending on whether it can dump some of its awful, outdated and politically suicidal basic instinct or not.
While the charmed circle mourns the end of the idea of India because of political corruption, incompetence & cynicism, it is exactly our politics that is transforming India in a most remarkable manner now.
The traditional Western notion that Muslims can't handle and therefore do not deserve democracy has been a widespread one, shared by many among our Hindu Right as well.
India’s growth is robust in spite of stalled governance, fuelled almost entirely by private enterprise. Yet there is a disconnect between corporate & political India, between Mumbai & Delhi.
With the assassination of Salman Taseer, Pakistan lost one of its most articulate, modern and fearless liberal leaders who was a genuine Pakistani patriot and a proud Muslim.
The larger argument is not about the political resurrection of a long-demised individual, but about whose achievements the Congress party of today goes to the voter with.
In this fascinating phase in our post-reform political economy, corporate India has seen its power hit rock-bottom exactly when there is talk of rampant crony capitalism.
India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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