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.
Popular discourse on Nehru’s premiership varies from hagiographic to critical, and has been reduced to slogans. India’s post-independent history is far more nuanced.
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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.