Rajinikanth meets his match

World Bank used a photograph of Rajinikanth pondering how the languishing investment cycle can be kick-started

Text messages and online memes over the last few years seem to have convinced several Indians of southern superstar Rajinikanth’s superhuman capabilities. However, after stopping trains with his hands and jumping into space in his films, the home-grown hero seems to have finally encountered one challenge he can’t overcome. In a recent report on the Indian economy, the World Bank has used a photograph of Rajinikanth pondering rather dejectedly how the languishing investment cycle can be kick-started. Now that gross domestic product growth is also down, officials at the multilateral agency added that the growth issue called for serious introspection.