2016 presents opportunity for PM Modi to retrieve lost momentum

December 30, 2015 13:26

If there is indeed a tide in the affairs of man, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was its shining manifestation in 2015. In the preceding year, he had demonstrated his golden touch by captivating the national imagination, breaking a 21-year jinx and winning a single-party majority in the Lok Sabha, and setting the stage for a remoulding of India.

The dream run, however, ended in 2015.

Swapan Gupta on the lessons Modi can draw from a politically disappointing 2015. Read

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