India ranked 79th among 178 countries in overall fragility in 2013, the last full year when Congress was in power, increasing thereafter to 72nd rank in 2018.
On 19 November 1962, PM Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the people of Assam in a radio address and spoke of the resolve against Chinese attack, saying India won't tolerate this invasion.
I would urge people to read the book first. This is not written by a “Western” think tank or economist. Very much an Indian. When you are writing as an economist, you have to forget your personal biases and preferences. I tried to write objectively. What the data show is that fragility increased much more under the Congress than it did under the BJP. In fact, since the BJP came to power in 2014, the decline slowed down perceptively. Instead, ThePrint excerpt did not present the full story. So, it is best to read the book and form your own opinion. Commenting without reading makes no sense.
If one goes by Western opinions, India should have broken up in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s etc. Not sure what is the domain expertise of these bodies/organisations which come up with these indices. Past time that India loses no sleep over such rankings, although they make for good media copy.
No country with civilisational legacy, heritage, democratic system and reasonable economic might would have media that would put these kinds of reports on front page. Fragility index – WOW!!! Most trashy way of weighing, supported by vague Western organisations. Putting China, India, Russia as having stability issues. Tell this to Xi Jinping and he would die laughing. By the way does he ever laugh? Tell this to a Chinese citizen, and he will raise his/her eyebrows. But tell this to a leftist, communist, Congressi in India, then see the reaction. Arre baba, India is on deathbed, get rid of Modi. Laughable!!!!
They are putting United Kingdom under stable category, a region that will soon be Englishtan (country), Scotland (separate country) and perhaps even Northern Ireland breaking away merging with Ireland post-Brexit. But as I said, liberals in India too love sensational news, as long as it pulls down the current government. Remember the intolerance campaign.
Congress Party with a Christian’s as leaders and Muslim as support base are spreading dirty lies. They use third rate NGOs to do the research and come up with worthless indices.
Curious: What’s Britain’s fragility ranking post-Brexit? Scottish independence might have a domino effect on Spain, India and many other parts of the world. The overall fragility might be increasing too.
Waiting for Indian universities to start post graduate courses in Whataboutery.
Migrate. India is about to collapse. China or Pakistan are two great choices…for you. Alternatively join Congress and plead with Sonia to give you a chance to reinvent Congress and this country. UP may be a good starting point…for you.
Foreign governments / investors / media track these changes. A rerating of India has taken place. Changing these perceptions will require the reality on the ground to improve. Talks to think tanks do not work.
“Talks to think tanks do not work.” – the wise man’s conclusion. Believe it.
India used to be a Titan and fragility index was very low under Nehruji. He was leader not only to India but to China Pakistan and other parts of world. He took care of Pakistanis need for water by giving more than 80 percent of indias share also and provided them with more land by giving away Mirpur Gilgit and baltistan. For China he gifted Tibet Aksai chin keeping them happy. By doing all that India was strong. We miss Titans like Nehruji….
I would urge people to read the book first. This is not written by a “Western” think tank or economist. Very much an Indian. When you are writing as an economist, you have to forget your personal biases and preferences. I tried to write objectively. What the data show is that fragility increased much more under the Congress than it did under the BJP. In fact, since the BJP came to power in 2014, the decline slowed down perceptively. Instead, ThePrint excerpt did not present the full story. So, it is best to read the book and form your own opinion. Commenting without reading makes no sense.
If one goes by Western opinions, India should have broken up in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s etc. Not sure what is the domain expertise of these bodies/organisations which come up with these indices. Past time that India loses no sleep over such rankings, although they make for good media copy.
No country with civilisational legacy, heritage, democratic system and reasonable economic might would have media that would put these kinds of reports on front page. Fragility index – WOW!!! Most trashy way of weighing, supported by vague Western organisations. Putting China, India, Russia as having stability issues. Tell this to Xi Jinping and he would die laughing. By the way does he ever laugh? Tell this to a Chinese citizen, and he will raise his/her eyebrows. But tell this to a leftist, communist, Congressi in India, then see the reaction. Arre baba, India is on deathbed, get rid of Modi. Laughable!!!!
They are putting United Kingdom under stable category, a region that will soon be Englishtan (country), Scotland (separate country) and perhaps even Northern Ireland breaking away merging with Ireland post-Brexit. But as I said, liberals in India too love sensational news, as long as it pulls down the current government. Remember the intolerance campaign.
Congress Party with a Christian’s as leaders and Muslim as support base are spreading dirty lies. They use third rate NGOs to do the research and come up with worthless indices.
Curious: What’s Britain’s fragility ranking post-Brexit? Scottish independence might have a domino effect on Spain, India and many other parts of the world. The overall fragility might be increasing too.
Waiting for Indian universities to start post graduate courses in Whataboutery.
Migrate. India is about to collapse. China or Pakistan are two great choices…for you. Alternatively join Congress and plead with Sonia to give you a chance to reinvent Congress and this country. UP may be a good starting point…for you.
Foreign governments / investors / media track these changes. A rerating of India has taken place. Changing these perceptions will require the reality on the ground to improve. Talks to think tanks do not work.
“Talks to think tanks do not work.” – the wise man’s conclusion. Believe it.
India used to be a Titan and fragility index was very low under Nehruji. He was leader not only to India but to China Pakistan and other parts of world. He took care of Pakistanis need for water by giving more than 80 percent of indias share also and provided them with more land by giving away Mirpur Gilgit and baltistan. For China he gifted Tibet Aksai chin keeping them happy. By doing all that India was strong. We miss Titans like Nehruji….