The Outlier Indian

20 Indian soldiers have died in combat with the Chinese army. The images of their dead bodies draped in the tri-colour are bound to boil the blood of any patriotic citizen. Every Indian wants to give a befitting reply to the Chinese. As the leader of the country, what would be Narendra Modi’s response to […]

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a major source of economic development in India. Foreign companies make a beeline to invest in India to benefit from the ease in doing business, friendly environment, lower wages, huge market and so on. FDI keeps increasing year-on-year generating jobs and shows confidence in the India growth story. The above […]

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Respected Prime Minister My five-year-old daughter raised an innocuous query: Why is Mr Narendra Modi not speaking to us about coronavirus? She has a valid point. From speaking to four times in a short span, you have gone completely silent. Every Indian deserves an audience Every Indian who listened to you in March and April […]

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I read Ruchir Sharma’s The Rich Love India’s Lockdown. For the Poor It’s Another Story. published on May 30, 2020, in The New York Times. This narrative of coronavirus lockdown could not have been further from the truth. The article presents a linear account, easy to ascribe but not the reality. The gross inequality inherent […]

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Migrant workers continue to bear the brunt of the incompetent Indian Government, Centre and States. Now, there is another humanitarian tragedy unfolding involving the migrant workers. This is the unassigned coronavirus cases. These are the coronavirus cases being reported by the Central Government, but without any states owning them up. Unassigned coronavirus cases started as […]

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The coronavirus crisis had laid threadbare the dark underbelly of India – The Migrant Workers. The Government of India has no clue about them, their numbers, their origin, their occupation, their plight, nothing at all. The Government is expected to take care of the well-being of all the citizens. Here, there is a significant chunk […]

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India’s coronavirus strategy is at odds with reality. It is going from the sublime to the ridiculous. When the cases were 500+, India clamped the first lockdown. As the number of cases increases, India continues with the lockdown strategy. Just that the number of relaxations also increases to keep pace with the infections. China lifted […]

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Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in India. The Government’s response continues to be neither here nor there. Half-baked lockdown continues to yield half-baked results. As the days of lockdown continue to rise, the pitch for a stimulus package for Indian Economy becomes louder by the day. With each passing day, the Industry bodies keep releasing […]

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The coronavirus lockdown has had unintended consequences. The gravest of outcome has befallen a section of Indian Citizens, whose existence itself was oblivious to all, including the Indian State. The misery, the trauma, the suffering that these people have undergone and are still facing is an unparalleled human tragedy. They meet this fate in their […]

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Coronavirus is wreaking havoc. Lives are at stake. The economy is in a tailspin. Stories of anxiety and misery abound. There is panic all-around. Our Prime Minister has addressed the country thrice, live, in less than a month. Narendra Modi reckons a war that Indians have to win against the invisible enemy. The Prime Minister […]

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