| They have been "growing" and "becoming" the next world leader for a while now. Anyone who have lived in india long enough will tell you how far from the truth this is. The only Stick India has, besides their nuclear arsenal, is the size of their domestic market (aka population). I dont think the purchasing power of their domestic market is that lucrative compare to actual superpowers (Economic or Military). Buy just large enough for International companies to bother to invest. The whole political platform for Modi is religious fanaticism, nationalosm and jingoism. Any sane, rational Indian leader would not be so Anti international investment. (I am not only talking about the incident mentioned in this article, but generally speaking). If you can look past the billionaires and the prosperous cities of India (however few), it eirily feels like the whole country is for most part still stuck in the 80s. Most people tout india as the largest democracy with diverse relious population. The reality on the ground could not have been farther from truth. In reality the country feels like its always in the state of experiment by their political leaders, competing with each other to find the best way to fuck things up without actually blowing up the country. Yet. |
The problem is that Modi has brought an insane blend of pre liberalization economic policy, centralized authoritarian control, and british inspired religion based divide and conquer policies that have set India back a couple of generations at least, possibly permanently if he remains in power and continues down this path.