India for the World

All governments must have their feet put to the fire regularly but do it fairly and use the same yardstick for India that you would use for other countries

T here is to be no respite from India-bashing by some foreign publications, not even during a pandemic. As an energetic and fully paid-up critic of India, I bow to no one in my capacity for faulting India, but the relentlessly negative coverage that spews forth from publications such as The New York Times and others reeks of a hostility that is hard to fathom.

The irritation does not arise from patriotism. Nor any liking for the current regime.  Rather, it’s fatigue with the same jingle being played on a loop. All governments must have their feet put to the fire