Controversial Questions
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Controversial Questions Day 60: Are smart cities serving citizens or real estate interests?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 60: Are smart cities serving citizens or real estate interests? THE STAKES In June 2024, the Comptroller and Aud…
Controversial Questions Day 59: Is the informal economy India’s strength or its wound?
Day 59: Is the informal economy India’s strength or its wound? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court heard a petition challenging the legality of street vendors in Delhi, arguin…
Controversial Questions Day 58: Should India prioritize manufacturing or services?
Day 58: Should India prioritize manufacturing or services? THE STAKES Last month, Foxconn announced it was scaling back its iPhone production in Tamil Nadu, citing labour disputes …
Controversial Questions Day 57: Is Make in India working or just a slogan?
Day 57: Is Make in India working or just a slogan? THE STAKES Last month, Apple announced it would shift 25% of its iPhone production to India by 2025, up from 7% today. The news w…
Controversial Questions Day 56: Did farm law repeal show democracy working or populism winning?
Day 56: Did farm law repeal show democracy working or populism winning? THE STAKES In November 2021, after a year of protests that paralysed Delhi’s borders and claimed over 700 li…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 55
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 55 Is labour law reform pro-growth or anti-worker? THE STAKES In July 2024, thousands of workers in Gurugram’s industrial belt went on strike, protes…
Controversial Questions The Great Indian Debate — Day 54
The Great Indian Debate — Day 54 Should India tax the ultra-wealthy more aggressively? THE STAKES In July 2024, the Indian government released its annual Economic Survey, which no…
Controversial Questions Day 53: Is crony capitalism India’s biggest growth barrier?
The Great Indian Debate — 100 Questions That Divide the Nation Day 53: Is crony capitalism India’s biggest growth barrier? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court heard a petitio…
Controversial Questions The Great Indian Debate — Day 52
The Great Indian Debate — Day 52 Are Adani and Ambani too close to state power? THE STAKES In January 2023, the Hindenburg Research report accused the Adani Group of stock manipul…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 51
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 51 Is India’s growth story real for the bottom half? THE STAKES Last month, the National Sample Survey Office released its latest consumption expendi…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 50
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 50 Is the idea of a secular alternative to BJP still credible? THE STAKES Last month, the Congress-led INDIA alliance suffered its third consecutive …
Controversial Questions Day 49: Did Congress's welfare model create dependency or reduce poverty?
Day 49: Did Congress's welfare model create dependency or reduce poverty? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court heard a petition challenging the constitutionality of the Mahatma…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 48
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 48 Should the Gandhi family step back from Congress leadership? THE STAKES The Congress party’s defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections—its worst perf…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 47
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 47 Was liberalization in 1991 a Congress achievement or an IMF imposition? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court heard a petition challenging the …
Controversial Questions Day 46: Did Indira Gandhi’s Centralization of Power Permanently Damage Indian Federalism?
Day 46: Did Indira Gandhi’s Centralization of Power Permanently Damage Indian Federalism? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the Centre’s 2018 decision t…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 45
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 45 Is the Indian National Congress a spent force or a necessary opposition? THE STAKES The Congress’s future isn’t just about one party—it’s about wh…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 44
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 44 Was Rajiv Gandhi's handling of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots ever properly accounted for? THE STAKES In June 2024, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea s…
Controversial Questions Day 43: Did Congress create the minority appeasement model?
Day 43: Did Congress create the minority appeasement model? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court heard a petition challenging the constitutionality of the Places of Worship (Sp…
Controversial Questions Day 42: Is dynastic politics a symptom of weak institutions or Indian political culture?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 42: Is dynastic politics a symptom of weak institutions or Indian political culture? THE STAKES Last month, when…
Controversial Questions Day 41: Did the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty serve India or hold it back?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 41: Did the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty serve India or hold it back? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court dismissed…