The vultures still feed

Mihir Sharma  September 14, 2016 Last Updated at 21:30 IST

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A FEAST OF VULTURES The Hidden Business of Democracy in India Josy Joseph HarperCollins 229 pages; Rs 599 India supposedly liberalised its economy in 1991. In the quarter-century since, the state is supposed to have pulled back its borders, freeing up private enterprise. This is the narrative, at any rate, that we have been sold. But it is untrue in its essence. As the veteran journalist Josy Joseph argues in his new book, A Feast of Vultures: "India's socialist economy has not really been replaced by laissez-faire in these decades. The government did not really withdraw from ...

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The vultures still feed