Another Delay In The Offing

The other day, there was this news item that said that frustrated by government inaction, India’s billionaires are thinking of shifting base to other locations. On the same day, there were news items about various powerful people being opposed to the food rights bill as well as even more powerful people who are opposed to those who are so opposed. Or something like that, anyway. I guess it’s OK for the billionaires to be doing their business from wherever they like and I definitely think that all Indians should (at least) have enough to eat. However, it would be nice if someone were paying a little more attention to those of us who are between the two extremes. We’ve heard a lot about the ‘big-ticket’ reforms that are not moving but how about the simplest on

This article was originally published on December 26, 2011.