1. So I am still hearing laments from laments from business papers along the lines of, "The Indian government is neglecting economic issues in favour of a socially regressive agenda."
How long will it take to admit that the promises were empty words?
How long will it take to admit that the promises were empty words?
2. Before the 2014 elections I asked a Modi supporter (now turned critic after a bruising economic slowdown) what was the plan?
He was saying how the idiot would turn the economy around, and I asked for an agenda.
There wasn't one. There isn't one. There isn't going to be one.
He was saying how the idiot would turn the economy around, and I asked for an agenda.
There wasn't one. There isn't one. There isn't going to be one.
3. Baal Narendra kicked the adults out of the room, stocked his staff with sycophants, cronies, and raving idiots, and put a glorified adman in charge of what used to be the Planning Commission, and is now the Adjunct Ministry of Hot Air.
4. This is on par for the course. The Gujarat Model had all these flaws.
The differences were two: you could do this in a state while the country's finances were well-managed (within parameters).
Gujarat had a stable urban economy, and rural was ignored.
The differences were two: you could do this in a state while the country's finances were well-managed (within parameters).
Gujarat had a stable urban economy, and rural was ignored.
5. At the central level, an exclusively urban agenda, with lollipops for cronies, and the hollowing out of institutions for cronies and PR has very different consequences.
More importantly, it isn't a plan. Nor did we get one before the 2019 elections, the manifesto was rubbish.
More importantly, it isn't a plan. Nor did we get one before the 2019 elections, the manifesto was rubbish.
6. The Sangh is in power to rule - not to govern - and Baal Narendra is a Sanghi through and through.
Those that believed in economic promises deluded themselves, ascribing strategy, acumen, capability and intellect where none existed.
The results are there to see.
Those that believed in economic promises deluded themselves, ascribing strategy, acumen, capability and intellect where none existed.
The results are there to see.
7. The one single thing that the Sangh has consistently stated, that Baal Narendra has shouted from the rooftops, is that "We will show them their place."
The "them" changes: Kashmiris, Muslims, women, oppressed castes, Pakistan, China, the world.
This is all there is.
The "them" changes: Kashmiris, Muslims, women, oppressed castes, Pakistan, China, the world.
This is all there is.
8. The idea of "greatness" expressed here is: "This is our land, we were supposed to be the rulers, and we will burn the whole damned thing down to the ground before we allow ourselves to be questioned."
Like the police beating people, or the shooter shouting, "Yeh lo azadi!"
Like the police beating people, or the shooter shouting, "Yeh lo azadi!"
9. This does not allow for a working system of federalism, for professional planning of an economy, or the creation of an open system - so necessary for a vibrant economy that encourages risk-taking.
It just leads to putting fingers in your ears and shouting, "We are great!"
It just leads to putting fingers in your ears and shouting, "We are great!"
10. For those in doubt, demonetisation should have opened your eyes.
If you were still unwilling to see after that, well, as they say, "Denial isn't just a river in Egypt."
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If you were still unwilling to see after that, well, as they say, "Denial isn't just a river in Egypt."
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(Sorry for the typos and repetitions, late night rant.)
