From coastal Andhra Pradesh to Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab, from bonfires in UP to midnight pledges in Chennai and Lahore, Vande Mataram was a war cry to galvanise people toward azaadi.
With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
The book reads like fiction except that it’s all true and I can vouch that it’s really like this in modern day India! I experienced the Indian judiciary and police following a lengthy court battle to get our share of our grandfather’s inheritance in 2018 (he passed away in 1976 and my father in 2017). Life in modern day India really does feel like being transported to the set of a Dickens novel (albeit with an Eastern flavour). Life is neither good nor easy for the honest and fair-minded over there.
The book reads like fiction except that it’s all true and I can vouch that it’s really like this in modern day India! I experienced the Indian judiciary and police following a lengthy court battle to get our share of our grandfather’s inheritance in 2018 (he passed away in 1976 and my father in 2017). Life in modern day India really does feel like being transported to the set of a Dickens novel (albeit with an Eastern flavour). Life is neither good nor easy for the honest and fair-minded over there.
An intellectually stimulating book review sir…
Fabulous explanation, Sir.