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I expect context-free analysis of the Nehru years from ordinary Modi supporters. But to have the former head of the Niti Aayog & a prof. at @Columbia write with 20-20 hindsight about Nehru while keeping mum on his favorite leader's disastrous economy is breathtaking. Still...1/n
To those who care about understanding India’s post-Independence economy, there is much to read. But if you don’t care for research but want a more thoughtful review of what Nehru did and why, I suggest this piece by @CafeEconomics. livemint.com/Opinion/TMk7sv… 2/n
Nehru did not make his choices in a vacuum. The model he adopted was not his alone. As @CafeEconomics notes, Nehru’s views were shaped by the “development economics consensus” of that time. Many top Indian leaders agreed with Nehru on the path he set India on. 3/n
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@WEF: #TheGreatReset
@EAT: #TheGreatFoodTransformation
@TellusInstitute: #TheGreatTransition
@WBGU_Council: #TheGreatTransformation

The hyperbole, numerism, eschatology, utopian promise,... make it sound like a true cult. Rhetorically similar to New Age's #TheGreatConjunction?
And strikingly similar to the late 19th-C Zeitgeist, with the Millerites talking about #TheSecondGreatAwakening.

Which was ultimately followed by #TheGreatDisappointment 😁

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millerism
As if @ProfKlausSchwab is talking here: "Earth..finishes a transformation..that allows a New Earth to be birthed..#TheGreatConjunction represents a changing of an era..As our world view changes, so too does society & the way we choose to approach things"

foreverconscious.com/the-cosmic-and…
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