Flaws in PM Modi austerity appeal—timing, method & onus

Before Indian citizens are expected to follow these austerity measures, the PM must answer some questions.

Until the Norwegian press briefing furore and the Modi-Meloni-Melody spectacle took over, the dominating headline and discourse in India was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unexpected and curious austerity appeal. The PM himself issuing an advisory to the citizens of India to cut back does not just have a significant economic character to it, but also a political and social one. Pervading all levels of the country’s polity, this obviously soon became the only issue everyone was conversing and fretting about, debating and even jostling over.