Some things to Reconsider

11 years of Modi govt today: an audit of 11 things that worked, 11 that didn’t quite | With DK Singh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mHuKQak_nc To  The Editor  ThePrint.in  Invisible Legacy of Power When Shekhar Gupta set out to list eleven achievements and eleven failures of the Modi government, he may have intended to sound measured, balanced, fair. Now, any list that tries to be symmetrical is suspect, and Gupta’s list, meekly prefaced with a “different people will see it differently” disclaimer, reeks more of career caution than courageous commentary. Yes, infrastructure has improved. Yes, there’s been relative administrative stability. Gupta even mentions the prized badge of “scam-free governance”—a phrase that now floats in the political lexicon like a sacred cow few dare question. But by focusing on a checklist of policy highs and lows, he bypasses what may become this government's most consequential legacy: the systemic annihilation of India’s information ecosyst...