I usually wind down after a busy day listening to the ruckus of Indian politics, usually while multi tasking. Indian TV debates are almost like being in a busy Indian railway stations. It is a cacophony of a few hundred people talking all at once and somehow managing to yell loud enough to be heard…More
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Nationalism, Majoritarianism and distortions like light through prism…Part 1
India on the surface is the world’s largest democracy, but in reality underneath all the glib narrative is run by a muddled Hindutva ideology. Hindutva is grounded in a myth, wherein the subcontinent flourished only when governed by Hindus. The Hindutva belief is that India’s original Hindu identity needs to be restored to bring an…More
Corruption out paces India’s growth
India’s economy grows at 8% and corruption at 11.5%. One wonders, what could happen if India never had corruption? For one we will be the 8th largest economy in the world (we are currently 11th) not taking into consideration what could have been if the money was efficiently invested. Our public debt currently 58% of…More