India's 2024 Elections: Is it a fight between a macro & micro view of development?

The seven phase massive election process in the largest democracy of the world is on; and the churn throws up hope as well as despair.

- Buroshiva Dasgupta

When the bubble of election propaganda settles down, we only hope we do not land on mother earth with a thud.

The foreign media, which is always suspected to run down India’s achievements, is strangely saying good things about the country and its future to be decided after the elections. The Economist, for example, in its latest issue writes: “India, the world’s fastest-growing big country, is expanding at an annual rate of 6-7%. New data show private-sector confidence at its highest since 2010. Already the fifth-largest economy, it may rank third by 2027, after America and China. India’s clout is showing up in new ways”.