India’s prime minister is down but not out
Narendra Modi’s admirers seem blind to his poor decision-making
THE STORY of Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has been a fable of extraordinary good fortune. From running a railway tea-stall in provincial Gujarat he rose to lead his state and then his country, the world’s biggest democracy. Yet no one’s luck lasts forever. And for Mr Modi the current monsoon season is not the only thing proving that when it rains, it pours.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “The Modi blues”
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