By Colin Todhunter Remember the India shining slogan in 2003/2004? Parts of India were indeed shining, and the government at the time spent around Rs 100 crore telling citizens that India was shiny and bright. Of course, many went on to use the slogan in an attempt to legitimise the opening up of the economy and neo-liberal economic policies. A strong theme that emerged to help explain the BJP-led government’s subsequent election defeat was the failure to acknowledge that most of India...
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