On key criteria, Indonesia is a better fit than China. It’s a trillion-dollar economy with twice our per capita income ($4,000), which we could reach by 2030.
A South Goa civic body has already completed construction of the first such ground for all religions; idea suits Goa’s cosmopolitan character, says minister.
Raziuddin Aquil’s book The Muslim Question: Understanding Islam and Indian History seeks to understand Islam through its evolution in south Asia from the 13th century to modern times.
he BJP or the RSS have petitioned or intervened in at least three matters concerning Muslim women in various courts. The apex court said it would not touch the two issues just yet.
Sardar Patel had urged Nehru after Independence to adopt a hard-line policy towards those who sought Pakistan’s assistance in shaping the political landscape in Kashmir.
Some people were so infuriated that they threatened to have me thrown out of my country. I am a woman, and any issue related to my gender has no nationality.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
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.
If you look at how quickly the West became rich, it took centuries. I’ve read a lot of economic history and the Netherlands took over 120 years to move from lower-middle income to high income. Sweden’s per capita growth rate was 1.5% for most of its development.
The East Asian countries are exceptions. Even a per capita growth of 5% is extremely high historically. There is no reason why either India or Indonesia should one day become rich, but it may simply be somewhat slower than SK, Japan or Taiwan managed to do, or China is in the process of doing now.
The so-called ‘middle income trap’ is largely a myth too, with no real theoretical and empirical basis to support it. I think people should take a longer and more nuanced view and all this gloom about India’s future will evaporate.
Forget Indonesia, let’s try to overtake Philippines by 2030. They outstrip us on all per capita measures. Populations not comparable but backgrounds and poverty similar. Plus they are the world’s favourite destination for services. Their president meets anyone setting up a BPO there and the country provides public transport from BPO hubs while in India the BPOs have to organise not only private transport but electricity, power and telecom/internet connectivity. Here, even if a local politician drops in to your new startup, he walks out with a unreceipted “chanda” in his pocket for next Ganesh festival or Dahi handi. Manufacturing is another story altogether. Mr Ninan, saying don’t compare with China is courageous but suggesting we compare with Indonesia is also an apologetic compromise. Even that bus left the station.
If you look at how quickly the West became rich, it took centuries. I’ve read a lot of economic history and the Netherlands took over 120 years to move from lower-middle income to high income. Sweden’s per capita growth rate was 1.5% for most of its development.
The East Asian countries are exceptions. Even a per capita growth of 5% is extremely high historically. There is no reason why either India or Indonesia should one day become rich, but it may simply be somewhat slower than SK, Japan or Taiwan managed to do, or China is in the process of doing now.
The so-called ‘middle income trap’ is largely a myth too, with no real theoretical and empirical basis to support it. I think people should take a longer and more nuanced view and all this gloom about India’s future will evaporate.
Forget Indonesia, let’s try to overtake Philippines by 2030. They outstrip us on all per capita measures. Populations not comparable but backgrounds and poverty similar. Plus they are the world’s favourite destination for services. Their president meets anyone setting up a BPO there and the country provides public transport from BPO hubs while in India the BPOs have to organise not only private transport but electricity, power and telecom/internet connectivity. Here, even if a local politician drops in to your new startup, he walks out with a unreceipted “chanda” in his pocket for next Ganesh festival or Dahi handi. Manufacturing is another story altogether. Mr Ninan, saying don’t compare with China is courageous but suggesting we compare with Indonesia is also an apologetic compromise. Even that bus left the station.