Why India is a poor country
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 IST
While we have made reasonable progress since independence, a substantial part of our countrymen continue to live in poverty. I have been asking myself, were we always like this? This essay seeks to provide some answers by exploring the Indian economy from 1000 to 1947 a.d. Within eight pages, I have tried my best to do justice to what most of you might agree is a very complex subject.
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