As recent as 5 yrs ago, we could see no news abt India in any international mag or news website, let alone biz websites. Now local media has competition as many global channels have all important or major biz news and some political too. The WSJ even has an India specific website with real time news!
But how does one reconcile the apathetic poverty of the have-nots with the country’s news grabbing growth?
Given the abysmal governance levels, it is takes all the optimism one has to believe the old adage “breakthroughs arise from breakdowns” at the national level.
The youth represent both the opportunity for India and its weakest link. Much has been said about the former and less on the latter: That youth is far less inclined to be focussed on national issues (pathetic voter turnout, to quote one indicator) than to the catching the gravy train and aping the west in all the wrong things!
Comments, anybody?