This weekend Modi had a grand gala time in America. He got a Rockstar reception as reported by a section of media (personally, I would qualify the euphoria mostly limited to the NRI community, nowhere close to the reception his contempoary visitors Pope or the Chinese President Xi got). Now it's time to do some reality check.
Modi was feciliteted by many Techie honchos of West Coast, who sense major business opportunities in India, eagerly waiting for the caged Tiger to be unleashed. Now the challenge for Modi will be to "walk the talk" back home. The bureaucracy is not yet completely willing to free industries from the shackles of red tapism, a hangover from years of Congress rule.
Roadblocks are still ahead, an example is the non passage of the Land Aquisation Bill, which doesn't sound very promising. If promises made on the soil of Silicon Valley is not backed by actions back home, it won't take long for his reputation to get soiled.
Soon he will get back to India, where reality strikes him as he goes on campaigning in the badlands of Bihar, in the heat and dust of cow belt politics. He will be dealing with the likes of Laloo, far cry from the folks he dealt in the salubrious Sunnyvale of San Fransico bay.
A lot depends on this election. A below par performance by BJP in Bihar, would put a spanner on Modi juggernaut and his reforms. The promises made in Santa Clara can bite dust in Siwan. So be optimistic, but cautiously optimistic, with a dose of bitter reality. The realpolitik in India is different. They sense major business opportunities in India. Now the real challenge will be back home to "walk the talk". The bureaucracy is not yet completely free from red tapism and roadblocks are still ahead. Non passage of Land Aquisation Bill doesn't sound very promising.
Modi was feciliteted by many Techie honchos of West Coast, who sense major business opportunities in India, eagerly waiting for the caged Tiger to be unleashed. Now the challenge for Modi will be to "walk the talk" back home. The bureaucracy is not yet completely willing to free industries from the shackles of red tapism, a hangover from years of Congress rule.
Roadblocks are still ahead, an example is the non passage of the Land Aquisation Bill, which doesn't sound very promising. If promises made on the soil of Silicon Valley is not backed by actions back home, it won't take long for his reputation to get soiled.
Soon he will get back to India, where reality strikes him as he goes on campaigning in the badlands of Bihar, in the heat and dust of cow belt politics. He will be dealing with the likes of Laloo, far cry from the folks he dealt in the salubrious Sunnyvale of San Fransico bay.
A lot depends on this election. A below par performance by BJP in Bihar, would put a spanner on Modi juggernaut and his reforms. The promises made in Santa Clara can bite dust in Siwan. So be optimistic, but cautiously optimistic, with a dose of bitter reality. The realpolitik in India is different. They sense major business opportunities in India. Now the real challenge will be back home to "walk the talk". The bureaucracy is not yet completely free from red tapism and roadblocks are still ahead. Non passage of Land Aquisation Bill doesn't sound very promising.
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