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India needs a strong government, definitive vision: PM Modi

In an exclusive interview to The Statesman, PM Narendra Modi underscores the need for a strong government and a clear vision for India's progress. He discusses plans for the middle class, youth employment, successes in Jammu and Kashmir, and Bengal's future, highlighting the importance of a significant electoral mandate for effective governance and a Viksit Bharat by 2047.

Graded Inequality~I

Our inequality materializes our upper class, vulgarizes our middle class, and brutalizes our lower class. ~ Mathew Arnold. The term…

The Chinese way

The ‘middle class’, is, of course, a flexible concept everywhere in the world though it’s usually safe to establish a linear link between a burgeoning middle class and a corresponding enhancement of cosmopolitanism and liberal values.

Under the radar

At the turn of the century, the global middle class was mostly a Western phenomenon; today, the consumer class is global and increasingly Asian