Gujarat has been in the news for three reasons this month. The first is, of course, the Vibrant Gujarat investment festival coinciding with the Makar Sankranti season in the state. With the exception of Infosys and Wipro – for which Gujarat is readying a different kind of entrepreneur and Chief Minister Narendra Modi is confident that given time, they will be in Gujarat too – everyone who is anyone in industry was in the state networking, raising money and investing. Investment amounting to lakhs of crores has been promised. The accent is on “promised”, the Opposition points out. Industry, on the other hand, is clear. One BJP-minded investor compared Modi to the third in the trinity of “Vivekanand and Gandhi”. Poverty of philosophy? Maybe. But industry thinks so.

<p><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'><B>Aditi Phadnis:</B> A Modi-fied Gujarat</td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; '>The state is growing fast, and there

<b>Aditi Phadnis:</b> A Modi-fied Gujarat

The state is growing fast, and theres a good reason for that

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