India's immense stamina for useless issues is declining
The issues consuming the country are schools, roads, exam leaks and unemployment. Meanwhile, the BJP is debating how many stanzas of Vande Mataram we should sing. It's a result of a competency trap -- its stars succeeded in an era when they could stir up useless issues and useless issues mattered to Indians.
(My latest column in the Mint)
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- India's immense stamina for useless issues is declining The issues consuming the country are schools, roads, exam leaks and unemployment. Meanwhile, the BJP is debating how many stanzas of Vande Mataram we should sing. It's a result of a competency trap -- its stars succeeded in an era when they could stir up useless issues and useless issues mattered to Indians. (My latest column in the Mint) livemint.com/opinion/online…
Your assessment is wrong. Our appetite for stupidity is infinite.
Translation - Economy is important and permanently paramount. So don't bother about reviving tradition, culture, values, religion, spirituality, history, customs, heritage, patriotism, nationalism, etc. Just keep whimpering about the economy and jobs 24x7 forever.
