The schizophrenic BJP government

The paradox is that BJP's economic policies have been the opposite of its non-economic policies.

The BJP government’s hugely important problematic socio-religious policies, born out of its flawed ideas of majority-minority issues, have made it fashionable for liberals to trash the way the economy has been handled. But the paradox is that its economic policies have been the opposite of its non-economic policies.

Look at two things: The current economic indicators and the long-term reforms. On both counts, the Modi government has done far better than what its critics — intelligent, articulate, persuasive, and wearing a mantle of morality — would have us believe.

Start with the reforms. The latest in a list of much-needed changes was