Yuva Uttarakhand

It has been repeated quite often in our media that the economies of India and China were almost equal in size almost three decades back, but now China’s economy is six times bigger than India’s. The remarkable success of China’s economy has changed the world and pushed the frontiers of human achievements in different areas including space. Perhaps the greatest impact of economic development was the lifting of more than 800 million people out of poverty.  The whole of the developing world today looks up to China to understand how to achieve similar economic transformation and many countries in South East Asia, most prominently Vietnam, are replicating the success of China. And India is struggling to industrialize itself by emulating China’s success story. Now the question is ‘can India do it’. If yes, how can India do it? It is important to understand that the world has changed in the last three decades. China is the greatest beneficiary of globalization pushed by the United States for

The BBC’s film on PM Narendra Modi repeated the allegations that have been making rounds for the last two decades. The Gujarat riots took place in 2002. The riots started after the Godhra train was burned by Muslims killing 59 Hindus. The Hindu mobs attacked Muslims with a sense of impunity and Narendra Modi as the Chief Minister watched the carnage for three days. The first allegation against him was he did nothing to stop the people from killing each other. Rather, right-wing media and low-ranking office bearers of this party justified the riots as a reaction to the attack on the Godhra train carrying Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya. The BBC’s documentary film also mentioned that Home Minister of Gujarat Hiren Pandya was killed in dubious circumstances by a bullet wound at some place and later on his body was placed inside his car. It indirectly suggested that Modi was behind the killing. The documentary also alleged that two police officers who were speaking against the conduc