Tag: Narendra Modi

  • India at Davos: Promising little, delivering nothing

    India at Davos: Promising little, delivering nothing

    The World Economic Forum (WEF) attracted the customary economic and political heavy-weights to its annual meeting at Davos this year but India seemed missing in action.

  • India and its Diaspora: Time to Renew Vows or Merely a Marriage of Convenience?

    India and its Diaspora: Time to Renew Vows or Merely a Marriage of Convenience?

    The days when expatriate Indians were valued merely for their monetary remittances must surely fade. But India is yet to fully leverage the potential of these 22 million odd global Indian ambassadors at large, who could (and in my view must) play a much more visible and effective part in…

  • Modi-Mood in London

    Modi-Mood in London

    On Monday, I attended the annual reception of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), at Central Methodist Hall in Westminster. The CII’s UK head, Gunveena Chadha, always goes all out, and this time was no exception.

  • The Wharton Episode – A Credibility Issue for the Democratic World

    The Wharton Episode – A Credibility Issue for the Democratic World

    Last week when I heard that Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi would be speaking at an India event at Wharton  (albeit by video conference) I made only a fleeting note of it.  A few years ago I may have been more excited.  This time I wasn’t.  I wasn’t because I…