Narendra Modi has the opportunity to shape India as he wishes, but must take risks | The Indian Express

Narendra Modi has the opportunity to shape India as he wishes, but must take risks | The Indian Express

Written by Meghnad Desai |Updated: July 21, 2019 8:26:48 am

Meghnad Desai loves to cook, watch and write about old Bollywood movies and shuttles between London, Delhi and Goa. He pursues controversies on economics, history and anything else which catches his attention. He is also a British parliamentarian sitting in the House of Lords. He has written over 25 books, over 200 articles in learned journals and hundreds of newspaper columns in UK and India.

Narendra Modi has the opportunity to shape India as he wishes, but must take risks

Risks imply the willingness to suffer costs if you want benefits. It is not possible to have change which hurts no one. One must compensate the losers but not let them stop the positive change. It involves breaking with the old culture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi can pursue the most elusive but universally desirable goal of making every Indian healthy, well-educated and out of poverty forever. (File)

India is in a unique position. The 2019 election has ensured a stable government for the next five years and it will be a bold or foolhardy person to predict a change of party in power in 2024.