I was forced to read the Congress’s economic resolution again to ensure that I hadn’t skipped these stock Congress phrases from the past, viz garibi hatao, socialism and “poverty alleviation programs”.

Yes! My eyes had not been deceived. These tired shibboleths did not find even one mention in the crisply written and expertly curated (no typos or unseemly para misalignment! A welcome whiff of professionalism) 12-page document.

There was a young and modern turn of phrase in the document. I can detect some green shoots of promising policy discontinuities.

Here’s an extract: