India Is Poorer and Far Less Free Under #Modi Than Without Him
The “Synthetic India” model, built from comparable peers, shows broad underperformance on both growth and democratic metrics since 2014.
Green train, Grey Tactics🙌
#Modi flags off India’s first hydrogen train, an empty one. Headlines follow.
Then the temporary tiles laid only for the visit are removed the same day.
❗Development as speedrun: install for the camera, dismantle before the ink dries.
Green train, Grey Tactics🙌
#Modi flags off India’s first hydrogen train, an empty one. Headlines follow.
Then the temporary tiles laid only for the visit are removed the same day.
❗Development as speedrun: install for the camera, dismantle before the ink dries.
Green train, Grey Tactics🙌
#Modi flags off India’s first hydrogen train, an empty one. Headlines follow.
Then the temporary tiles laid only for the visit are removed the same day.
❗Development as speedrun: install for the camera, dismantle before the ink dries.
Green train, Grey Tactics🙌
#Modi flags off India’s first hydrogen train, an empty one. Headlines follow.
Then the temporary tiles laid only for the visit are removed the same day.
❗Development as speedrun: install for the camera, dismantle before the ink dries.
Why is Mohan Bhagwat rushing through the US, UK, and Canada?
It's about 'Diaspora dollars".
The RSS centenary is just a cover for the real agenda:
Securing overseas cash flow for keeping Hindutva alive.
Mounds of rotting garbage. Overflowing trains. School buses half-drowned on flooded roads.
Social media has made the gap between “Vishwaguru” narrative & everyday reality impossible to hide.
India’s global image is paying the price for years of performative governance
PM Modi Poised to Stun the Nation with Bumper Cabinet Surprise
Will it be Modi’s decision or Shah’s? Youth faces or loyalists?
The details hardly matter. Cosmetic changes have become the preferred substitute for actual course correction.
He enters Parliament like a king, priests in procession, cameras capturing the grandeur.
Outside: collapsing infrastructure, corruption, unemployment and ordinary Indians struggling to get by.
When democracy starts looking like a coronation, who is spectacle really for?
A new study says India would be richer and freer if #Modi had lost in 2014.
Researchers built a “no-Modi India” from countries that moved like India before 2014, then compared it with what actually happened.
The gap is large. 🧵
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India Is Poorer and Far Less Free Under #Modi Than Without Him
The “Synthetic India” model, built from comparable peers, shows broad underperformance on both growth and democratic metrics since 2014.
Bengal Tribunal Has So Far Decided Just 2.17% of SIR Appeals; Over 37 Lakh Still in Limbo. At this rate it will take over 12 years to decide these.
But 91% cases decided were found to be wrongly deleted. In many seats winning margin was <deletions.
What are the implications for the elections?
https://t.co/M8SM0YT4Yd via @thewire_In