India saw the fastest rise in inequality of all major world regions between 1980 and 2016, and 55% of the country’s income share is in the hands of the wealthiest 10%.
Gujarat is a classic case of a corporate-led development model which involves increasing prosperity for the rich, but very little benefit of growth trickles down to the poor.
‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.
December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
Itna aasaan nahin hai, Bhai Saheb, varna ab tak ho gaya hota. When I saw the heading, thought it was about the good old yarn of bringing home the prodigal sons, stuffing a million and a half into each surprised account. Removing poverty – creating wealth if that is the phrase the columnist prefers – is a decades long enterprise, the trek China and many countries to our east have essayed. It requires both hard work and the good economic advice that comes from institutions such as Harvard. 1991 showed the way forward, but our journey since then has been hesitant, halting, half hearted. Don’t expect these big changes to come from the glib slogans that underpin the massive marketing blitz that election campaigns have become. Else Wizcraft could have run India.
It is really a new path that can make Indians prosperous.
Itna aasaan nahin hai, Bhai Saheb, varna ab tak ho gaya hota. When I saw the heading, thought it was about the good old yarn of bringing home the prodigal sons, stuffing a million and a half into each surprised account. Removing poverty – creating wealth if that is the phrase the columnist prefers – is a decades long enterprise, the trek China and many countries to our east have essayed. It requires both hard work and the good economic advice that comes from institutions such as Harvard. 1991 showed the way forward, but our journey since then has been hesitant, halting, half hearted. Don’t expect these big changes to come from the glib slogans that underpin the massive marketing blitz that election campaigns have become. Else Wizcraft could have run India.