Lex: Indian economy
Not a day passes without government ministers crowing about the new “Ind-US” civilisation, the economy’s double-digit growth potential and the inevitability of India’s own rise to superpower status. Kamal Nath, commerce minister, has a virulent bout of it, bragging that not only do Indians play better cricket than the touring English, but they even speak the language better too.
The complacency of the government
