Flying High, Saving Low: Getting Better |
The Prime Minister’s recent selfie message from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, delivered during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, offers an intriguing lesson in domestic economic discipline.
A selfie cuts deeper than the standard issue ‘mann ki baat’, it must be stated, in keeping with the image of the age. Issuing a firm directive against non-essential foreign leisure travel, overseas destination weddings, and unnecessary gold acquisitions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi neatly tied individual frugality to the overarching national ambition of a Viksit Bharat.
Sharp-eyed observers will recall that this is entirely consistent with his earlier economic messaging as well. Right around May 10 and May 11, the Prime Minister made a nearly identical appeal from Vadodara, Gujarat, advising........