India has far more to lose than to gain if the growth path cannot be put back to order as flight of capital, which is more American than otherwise, given that the current short rates of growth projections undermine the future expectations of a lasting rebound. Capital (American) has been moving at brisk pace, both in and out, and we could hardly expect tolerance and perseverance for the Indian bounce back, given the recent track record. The essay did not touch at all on the economic consequences, unintended included, of having a polity steeped in a charade of corruption, almost indifferent to the cause of growth, which actually does not need much endurance, given the rising multitudes of labor moving into the working age-group of 25-45 years, that no nation could ever dream of as the power of demographics seem to be denuded unequivocally. International relations, American included, cannot be based on such fragile conditions of the economy that are more guided by internal strife than external.



Procyon Mukherjee