Modi in the age of populism

With all his efforts to transform the economy stymied, PM wants to redefine the political narrative

T N Ninan  December 30, 2016 Last Updated at 22:20 IST

Exactly mid-way through his five-year term, Narendra Modi has changed gears, and possibly direction. Till November, his was an administration seemingly determined to follow a path of sustained incrementalism — a steady flow of small steps whose cumulative impact would be transformative.  Or so it was hoped. Then, with virtually no advance warning, Modi launched a “big bang” initiative, bearing the stamp of bold radicalism that many observers had expected of him from the beginning of his administration. Undeterred by widespread criticism of the ...

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Modi in the age of populism