Reform and Modi's gift of timing

What Modi does is not without a pattern or a method. His first term was about learning and consolidation of power. In his second term he has pushed the accelerator on reforms

There is a pattern in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the reformer. And there is a method. Only the truly naïve would believe that economics and not politics would come first for the most talented and successful Indian politician in several decades. The Prime Minister has the right instincts on economics. His long track record in Gujarat and his speeches since he became the prime ministerial candidate of the BJP in 2013 lay out his vision quite clearly: Get the government out of areas where it is a hindrance, in business activity for example and strengthen government in spheres where it