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IN THIS ISSUEFROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEFInside the icy bubble of the World Economic Forum at Davos, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cranked up the heat when he spoke of the 3Ds that mark the idea of India—democracy, demography and dynamism. The buzz about India as a business destination was palpable, and Prime Minister Modi, who made a statesmanlike speech, was feted and celebrated. Back home, though, the news is not so good. According to the January 2018 edition of the India Today Group’s Mood of the Nation poll, 23 per cent of the respondents are saying price rise is the issue that concerns them the most, up from 19 per cent in the last poll in July 2017. It’s understandable, given that petrol prices are now the same as they were when Prime Minister Modi came…3 min
UPFRONTWORDS THE SIZE OF THE MANIn the first speech by an Indian prime minister at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in nearly two decades, Narendra Modi invoked his favourite verses from the Isha Upanishad such as ‘Vasudhaiva kutumbakam’ (the world is one big family), not just to welcome foreign investment and investors into the country but also to assure them that India is now a changed place to do business in. To this gathering of some of the world’s biggest CEOs, whose combined turnover would exceed $3 trillion, Modi chose to deliver his message of hope in Hindi, as the sun finally shone for the first time after three days of incessant snowfall on the ski resort of Davos. But not before the snowfall had caused widespread traffic jams and set back Prime Minister Modi’s…3 min
UPFRONTNo Party with the CongressIn a meeting in Kolkata on January 21, the CPI(M)’s all-powerful central committee (CC) passed a resolution declaring that the party would have “no alliance, no understanding with the Congress in the 2019 general elections”. It was advocated by former general secretary Prakash Karat and politburo member S. Ramachandran Pillai. General secretary Sitaram Yechury had sought to persuade the CC to ally with the Congress. His resolution won only 31 votes, against 55 for Karat’s, in the 91-member committee. Both Malayalis, Karat and Pillai had the backing of the CPI(M)’s Kerala unit. The West Bengal unit supported Yechury. Karat’s resolution does not rule out informal links with the Congress, nor does it neglect strategic goals that the parties might share. Still, the defeat will disappoint Yechury, who has no love…2 min
UPFRONTTOGADIA’S MUTINYNarendra Modi and Pravin Togadia fell out in 2003, privately accusing each other of ideological betrayal. But the reasons behind the split were more personal than either man was prepared to admit. Modi had been Gujarat chief minister for a year-and-a-half by then. Togadia, a surgeon, had worked with Modi in 1984 when the latter was an RSS pracharak in Ahmedabad district. They went back a long way. Modi had joined the BJP in 1986-87, around the time Togadia became the head of the Gujarat branch of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). Together they played key roles in the BJP’s expansion in the state. Their first public disagreement was not till 1998, when Togadia chose to support then chief minister Keshubhai Patel, who Modi opposed. That tiff was app arently…2 min
UPFRONTSpoils of WarAmendments to the Enemy Property Act, 1968, were passed in March 2017, to ensure that properties of those who fled India for Pakistan or China after Partition and the 1962 and 1965 wars cannot be claimed by their heirs. Several thousand such properties are now up for auction. Revenues generated from both movable and immovable enemy properties are, to date, a pittance. But some critics are asking if the amendments will scare off Chinese investors, wary of a hostile government. 9,280 Enemy properties up for auction, over 11,882 acres. Of these, 149 are owned by those who took Chinese citizenship 1,04,340 CR The estimated value of these immovable properties 38 LAKH Worth of gold and jewellery among movable enemy properties 5.06 CR Revenues from movable/ immovable enemy property from 2014…1 min
UPFRONT‘SOUTHEAST ASIA IS AN INDIAN LAKE’Singaporean academic and former diplomat KISHORE MAHBUBANI’s latest book, The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace , which he co-authored with Jeffery Sng, chronicles its history. In Delhi to promote the book, Mahbubani talks to Executive Editor Sandeep Unnithan about the lessons from ASEAN and how to deal with a rising China. Q: Leaders from the 10 ASEAN countries are chief guests at the Republic Day parade this year. Would you call it symbolism or substance? A: Essentially symbolic, but symbolism matters. India is geographically proximate to the Persian Gulf; it would have been logical to have the six GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries for the parade, but the GCC countries cannot agree on many things. Q: Your book talks of India’s deep…2 min

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