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I keep revisiting this quote by Edward Luce from his 2004 book, “In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India”: “India is not on autopilot to greatness. But it would take a really bad pilot to crash the plane at this point.”
The country’s flight path since then constantly makes me wonder what kind of pilots are in command of the plane. And then I remind myself of the title of his book. India’s rise is despite its gods, godmen...