India’s strongman | The Economist

[Sam Manekshaw]

We've been treating Modi like a national leader since at least 2011:

China rolls out red carpet for Narendra Modi - The Times of India

Anyway, I like leaders who are pro-business, and those who "talk less do more". Modi seems to be the epitome of both.

See already we can see changes in comment from chinese member after MODI winning election.....Already said world is big enough to satisfy China's and India's interest but that will depend on how both truly and honestly want it. World can not digest one more lone superpower now.

 

[Chronos]

See already we can see changes in comment from chinese member after MODI winning election.....Already said world is big enough to satisfy China's and India's interest but that will depend on how both truly and honestly want it. World can not digest one more lone superpower now.

Calm down Young blood

China is decades ahead of us. Let us focus on getting India bac on track.

 

[asad71]

Big business is with him. So are MNCs and International Bankers. So Modi will show positive indicators. But then what?And at what cost and at whose cost? I doubt Amaratya Sen will approve Modi's style which will be a total turn round from Nehru's brand of socialism.

 

[Sam Manekshaw]

I remember back in the day, you used to troll Indians a lot . Since becoming a Think Tank, it seems you have become much more level headed.

with the big power comes big responsibility

 

[Tshering22]

Although we did not endorse him, because we believe that he has not atoned sufficiently for the massacre of Muslims that took place in Gujarat while he was chief minister

This made me stop reading the article. Typical funded by western imperialists scared of a strong government in India.

As India strengthens relations with BRICS and even repairs with the West, you will see more verbal diarrhea.

Friend Chinese-Dragon here on the forum was very right when he said that we will be the imperialists' next targets.

The only way around this is to strengthen ties with politically neutral Western nations like France, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia (doesn't interfere with Indian politics), New Zealand etc, all while make relations with east stronger. BRICS, Japan, Korea, South American countries, African countries like Kenya, Namibia, Mauritius, Madagascar, Nigeria, Ethiopia etc.

Modi is India's best chance to achieve sustained double-digit growth rates in the future.

But first, he must repair the damage done to India's economy by Congress. And that would be a feat like cleaning the Augean stables.

We should work together. It was good that Modi ji came to power. At least we can now peacefully work for growth with all of east Asia including China.

 

[dray]

Big business is with him. So are MNCs and International Bankers. So Modi will show positive indicators. But then what?And at what cost and at whose cost? I doubt Amaratya Sen will approve Modi's style which will be a total turn round from Nehru's brand of socialism.

Amartya sen's approval won't be required. And Nehru's brand of socialism has outlived its utility long back.

 

[Pakistanisage]

Only time will tell if this is India's STRONGMAN or India's MADMAN....

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

I only see Pakistanis going mad over an event that they have no control over.

 

[Raphael]

Lol, most of the comments are Indians complaining about the Economist's patronizing editorial tone. Most Western media is very haughty in tone, but the Economist is exceptional even among these - it's staffed mostly by blue-blood Oxbridge grads. Anyway, this editorial "congratulating" Modi after months of bashing him about being a militant Hindu extremist is going to be too little too late.

 

[third eye]

Big business is with him. So are MNCs and International Bankers. So Modi will show positive indicators. But then what?And at what cost and at whose cost? I doubt Amaratya Sen will approve Modi's style which will be a total turn round from Nehru's brand of socialism.

Not only are MNCs and bankers, the nation too is with him.

Right or wrong , at least he will take a decision , most of the nation sees in him a self made man who stands up for what he feels right.

Only time will tell if this is India's STRONGMAN or India's MADMAN....

Either way, he is ours and we shall take ownership for what he does.

 

[Tshering22]

Either way, he is ours and we shall take ownership for what he does.

If Pakistan is panicking like this, then we have for the first time chosen the right leader.

Lol, most of the comments are Indians complaining about the Economist's patronizing editorial tone. Most Western media is very haughty in tone, but the Economist is exceptional even among these - it's staffed mostly by blue-blood Oxbridge grads. Anyway, this editorial "congratulating" Modi after months of bashing him about being a militant Hindu extremist is going to be too little too late.

We are pissed off about the openly anti-Modi agenda they had all the time funded by different corporate groups in US, UK and their WW2 pet Germany. I had immense respect for the Germans until they started openly abusing our choice.

Do we tell them that choose someone other than Merkel or something?

 

[third eye]

If Pakistan is panicking like this, then we have for the first time chosen the right leader.

I too felt the same.

Modi appears to be having the desired effect all around.Domestically, 3 Chief Ministers have quit or offered to quit. Mother & son too offered to quit.

Regionally Modi has galvanised everyone.

 

[F117]

How will India's foreign policy look like now, with Modi?

 

[Raphael]

We are pissed off about the openly anti-Modi agenda they had all the time funded by different corporate groups in US, UK and their WW2 pet Germany. I had immense respect for the Germans until they started openly abusing our choice.

Do we tell them that choose someone other than Merkel or something?

Germans really don't have a choice; their media is quite literally controlled by the same lever-pullers in the US/UK/France. Hitler dismantled Weimar Germany's liberal journalism industry, and during post-WWII rebuilding, journalism was quite strictly controlled by the Allied occupying forces. That influence still remains. For example, Die Welt and Der Spiegel were all set up by the British. Thankfully though, Germans seem to be the most resistant, among Westerners, about how little their press reflects national viewpoints and interests.

 

[jandk]

How will India's foreign policy look like now, with Modi?

Expect a tilt to the East and a more assertive India especially regarding Pakistan.