Out of office

But BJP heavyweights are not the only ones missing in action. Newly appointed Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Raghuram Rajan has been neither seen nor heard over the past week, a week that turned out to be critical because the government finally shrugged off its ennui to make some significant announcements on fuel prices and foreign direct investment. Enquiries revealed that the CEA was on a visit to the US and is due back on September 25. But he will not be here for long, since the Yale University website announced on Wednesday that he will deliver a lecture there on October 2 on the topic: “Are capitalism and democracy failing us?”