India celebrated 75th Independence Day on 15 August 2021, but the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav or India@75 campaign launched earlier this year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to continue till August 15, 2023. While.
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In 1998, APJ Abdul Kalam, a scientist and administrator associated with India’s missile programme as well as the Pokhran-II nuclear tests, co-authored a book titled
India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium.
It had a simple message: India would be a superpower within the next two decades. As predictions go, this was extremely bold. In 1998, India was a poor country, unable to reach even average global standards of human development. How would it suddenly leapfrog to superpower status? However, instead of being greeting with scepticism, Kalam’s extreme optimism was met largely with adulation.
MMXX – Annus Horribilis
Manas has been a practicing manager before making mid-career switch to academics. Retiring as dean of a business school, he continues to be engaged with professorial work at Globsyn Business School, Kolkata. A liberal with deep faith in pluralism, enjoys cultivating contrarian thought and debating contentious issues. LESS. MORE
Commentators writing year end pieces often check their temptation using the description annus horribilis to save it for a more appropriate occasion. There should be no such hesitation for the 20th year of the 21st century.
The pandemic struck early in the year. China has been rightly blamed for not alerting the world quickly enough but even when it did, many governments did not see the urgency to act. For India and US, two of the largest countries that turned out to be severely affected, the priority then was to play quid pro quo between Howdy Modi and Namaste Trump. Of course, Trump hogged headlines all through the year. Though l
Modi is popular, BJP keeps winning, but Indiaâs indicators & global rankings are alarming
Govtâs own NFHS, as well as many global non-Left institutionsâ rankings have shown a drop in Indiaâs development indicators. This will begin to hurt soon.
Shekhar Gupta 19 December, 2020 8:16 am IST Text Size:
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As this troubled year comes to an end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have some concerns. India is looking worse than before on many key indicators, and we arenât referring to the pandemic year.
Why now, you might ask. There is no particular reason to make an assessment of a government in its seventh year. The next general election is three and a half years away. Nor is there any evidence of an itch rising in the voterâs love affair with Modi. If Modi and his party are winning almost every political battle, what are we complaining about?