From Nehru To Modi, 'A Series Of Betrayals' Argues Princeton Economist On India I Barkha Dutt

Barkha Dutt speaks to Ashoka Mody, an economist who worked at the World Bank, and the IMF and now teaches at Princeton, over his new book- 'India is Broken'.

Mody narrates the economic story of India from 1947 to the present day with devastating analysis. From Nehru to Narendra Modi, his gaze spares no one.

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[rbunga]

PROF SEN ALSO TOLD IN AN INTERVIEW A FEW YEARS AGO - " NO COUNTRY HAS DEVELOPED WITHOUT INVESTING IN EDUCATION." .FIRST PRINCIPLE IS EQUIP YOUR CHILDREN WITH KNOWLEDGE. FRANKLY SPEAKING, WE ARE FLOODED WITH TV CHANNELS. HOW MUCH TIME THEY ARE PROVIDING TO CHILDREN?

[srip]

Is USA System is NOT broken? He will be thrown out of the USA if he belittles it ..
If India is broken instead of running away & taking shelter in US ...come here and join in fixing it if you are true Indian

[anilnavani]

No one acknowledges the role of overpopulation on India’s political economy, environment and standard of living. We simply don’t have the resources to deal with the basic needs of 1.4 billion people. People can make all the arguments they want.

[OnlyTheTruth]

The guy seems to have collected a set of cribs ( not that the cribs are not genuine ) and then has a total one sided opinion that these must have been given attention instead of doing anything else. Barkha does a good job of asking him the right questions but the best he can answer is “I agree with what you are saying” but see there are these 10 problems.
It’s a little one sided that he calls it betrayal .
Anyway, economic development has to happen in every field - but not doing anything till everyone is educated and has protein rich diets is a far fetched utopian view.

[setu]

I will read this book. I loved the interview. The real ppl who genuinely care for real solutions always look at the roots of the issue rather than the top floor of the skyscraper!
Also, I loved the fact, every time a comparison was done, he just acknowledged it without contesting it!
Now that's the real charm! Lots to learn from this one! Cheers & God bless!!
Barkha, I have never come across someone like you who is so passionate that you decided to let go of the most precious thing - "sleep", to read the whole book at one go! You are one of a kind, I swear!!

[saurabhrauniyar]

His father moved to US (a truly capitalistic country) not to Russia and now he works in Princeton and lecturing why we should live in poverty .

[brainymandar]

Whenever I look at individual, I always prefer the ones who give you 100 reasons why it won't work. The more I have lived in Europe, the more I realise Europe is built on pessimism and risk aversion. Indians by and large get carried away with positive thinking and optimism and tend to overlook the ugly side. It doesn't work that way.
In this interview, Mody has hit the nail. It's the bigger picture that matters.

[samreads]

😂 We have a new (but old in age) Whataboutry champion

[dhallvinod]

Mody Saheb takes a very narrow view of the circumstances surrounding in each of the epoch, possibly for a sensational title of the book. However : his basic point about education is the core: Nehru to Modi, all have paid NO heed to the constitutional directive on "free education" with far reaching (adverse) consequences for us : the People.

[ravinayar]

But staying abroad..criticizing India is easy..
Changing from within is another thing

Also
The same picture applies to every western country..
And they all meddle with india..negatively

[vikramchandran]

He lost me when he said PM Nehru was not a socialist. Everyone knows Nehru was a Fabian socialist right from his college days. How can anyone take him seriously?

[francisp]

It is the high morals of Mr. Ashok which helps him to get the correct Pic about India.

[santoshshah]

Bangladesh is progressing seems to be his point whereas the reality is that Bangladesh begged the IMF for a few billion dollars.

[jitendersaini]

He is absolutely true and brings the real problems in the limelight and we may call him pessimist but this does not take away the problems this country and it’s citizens are facing.

[SaurabhSingh-ppys]

India moving to third biggest economy beyond 2030. We should celebrate that but at the same time we can not ignore the fact that where average Indian is moving in terms of Dollar per capita income. Where he is ranked now, where he was ranked 15 years back and where he is headed 20 years from now.

[tadepalliprasad]

So logical & strong !Its not merely "broken|: but in splinters .He's closer to truth. The Irony ...A 5th passed Mody running the largest democracy and like a |"|Mungehrilal";day dreamer, and on the other side Asoka MOdy a scholar in economics in a renowned university trying to impress upon the ground realities !The anchor unable to appreciate stand the "battering' switches abruptly from 9be point to another !Education as Modi says will not get drivers seat because PM modi himself is at that education level .

[kay--]

Today's India: Employment: We are running short of engineers, skilled workers and even unskilled ones!
Living Standard: Even domestic maids now have pucca house with toilet, electricity, gas, fans, coloured flat screen TV, mobile and some have refrigerator too.
Education: It is now a must even for poorest!

What we need is high quality education and Walk in Job Centres for imparting on job skill to youth!

[adityamookerjee.]

I have just seen a small part of the interview, and I want to ask a question. How does the Professor living in the United States know the numbers of employment and unemployment in India? I would assume that the Indian Govt would know better, but how much more or less does it know than the Professor? What does he know about the economic situation of Barkha or me? Does he know that I exist, and what does he know about my existence? What does he get by thinking and talking about the things that he does? How does he assume what he does about people he doesn't know are around? NASA assumes it knows a lot about the universe, by looking at things through a telescope. Can they admit that things may look different later in time, or in different circumstances?

[maheshsakalle]

In 1981 the population of India was just 68 crore In 2022 the population has risen to 135 crore (approx) This means that the population has grown to about 67 crore In just 40 years It means that we have added 2 USA to our population since 1981 Whatever economic growth India attains gets nullified by rapid growth of population The uncotrolled growth of population results In all kinds of mismanagement
India is suffering from this uncotrolled growth of (tissues)population and the intellectuals of India are ignoring this cancer and are suggesting cure for Cough & Cold, Piles, indigestion
This ignorance of cancer and suggesting the cure for simple dissease is a serious betrayal form intellectuals

[sanjivb]

A high quality discussion. My time was well spent watching this.