India’s Golden Age

Posted by Gabriella Stern on May 16, 2009
India, Politics

Today’s robust victory for the Congress Party (and humilation of opposition BJP) should provide stability and clarity for India at just the right time. Its economic growth has slowed but Congress’s mandate will let the government continue – and hopefully speed up – vital industrial, bureaucratic and social reforms. Years from now one might look back at this period – leading to the elections and the aftermath – as a sort of economic golden age for India. Even the economic downturn hasn’t dented the country’s tremendous promise.

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1 Comment to India’s Golden Age

F Pait
May 16, 2009

I am enjoying your enthusiasm for big, messy democracies!

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