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The state of India's roti, kapada aur makaan

When 17 million Indians seek their fortune abroad it only means people are losing faith in the ability of the government to honour its promises

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Illustration by Binay Sinha

Sunanda K Datta-Ray
There could be no more devastating indictment of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government than the revelation that Indians headed the list of people worldwide who fled their country last year. Scandals about the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) might recall Nirad C Chaudhuri’s grim prediction that lofty institutions are doomed to extinction as “universal darkness buries all.” A frenzied religious diet justifies the “Lynchistan” sobriquet. But when 17 million Indians shake India’s dust off their feet to seek their fortune abroad, according to the Asian Development Bank, it only means people are losing faith in the ability of the
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