#116 India's rajamandala
Yabi Lali
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This newsletter is really a public policy thought-letter. While excellent newsletters on specific themes within public policy already exist, this thought-letter is about frameworks, mental models, and key ideas that will hopefully help you think about any public policy problem in imaginative ways. It seeks to answer just one question: how do I think about a particular public policy problem/solution?<br/><br/>PS: If you enjoy listening instead of reading, we have this edition available as an audio narration on all podcasting platforms courtesy the good folks at <a href="https://www.ad-auris.com/">Ad-Auris</a>. If you have any feedback, please send it to us.<br/><br/>India Policy Watch #1: Choose Your Nationalism Wisely<br/><br/>Insights on burning policy issues in India<br/><br/>- RSJ<br/><br/>A short note on nationalism to think about for this edition.<br/><br/>There was the usual brouhaha in media last week over a few international agencies downgrading India on some kind of <a href="https://scroll.in/latest/981602/india-slips-17-spots-to-111th-rank-on-2020-human-freedom-index#:~:text=The%20Human%20Freedom%20Index%202020,on%20the%202020%20index%20respectively.">global ‘freedom index’</a>. The usual reactions have followed. <br/><br/>For some, it is a validation of all they see happening around them. Our freedoms are being eroded and we watch silently, they claim. As Majrooh wrote (in that Guru Dutt romcom ‘Mr & Mrs 55’): <br/><br/>“मेरी दुनिया लुट रही थी, और मैं खामोश था” <br/><br/>On the other hand, the establishment and its supporters view this as another ‘left-liberal-woke’ attempt to malign a new, confident India. To them, there is freedom in India to freely express your dissent and criticise anyone. The old order of the privileged elite who feel left out in the
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#116 India's rajamandala
Yabi Lali