After 1975 Indira Gandhi too could not resort to populist politics for a variety of reasons. It had produced a virtual economic crisis in 1973 when, under leftist advice, she had taken over trade in foodgrains, she had to contain the left, especially the former communists, in her party if … Read More
Businessmen have never been popular in India. They remain a very vulnerable group despite their wealth which has, of course, increased enormously since independence. This is so not only, or even mainly, because the vast majority of the Indians are poor and, therefore, envious of those who have done well … Read More
An elected monarch is, of course, a contradiction in terms and India has not found it easy to live with this contradiction. But once we Indians have elected a monarch, we cannot afford to overthrow him or her unless we are prepared for a period of confusion. And we are … Read More
To begin with, let me state the obvious which is that Rajiv Gandhi is relatively new to the Indian political scene and so are some of his principal aides, Arun Singh, his parliamentary secretary, and Arun Nehru, minister of state for energy. It is, therefore, difficult to assess him the … Read More
