Evaluating PM Modi's strategic & economic performance: Sizzle turns fizzle

In this book, Bharat Karnad looks inwards at the trajectory Indian politics and policymaking has followed since PM Narendra Modi came to power in 2014

Staggering Forward

Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition

Bharat Karnad 

Penguin Random House

476 pages; Rs 599 

Many of the themes in Bharat Karnad’s latest offering were fleshed out in his 2015 book, Why India is Not a Great Power (Yet) and have since been amplified in his prolific writings, blog posts and speaking appearances. Mr Karnad, who styles himself in his blog as “India’s foremost conservative strategist”, has robust views. He believes that if India wants to be treated like a Great Power, it must start thinking like one. New Delhi’s defence and security focus should be on China, without wasting effort