Why economist Ashoka Mody feels India must rethink its priorities

Simply 4 days earlier than information that some 600 households had been ordered to evacuate Joshimath, the economist Ashoka Mody breaks off from explaining his evaluation of the erosion of social norms in India to declare “Joshimath is sinking”. I blink at this seemingly non-sequitur assertion. It isn’t, after all, being linked to the theme of Mody’s apocalyptically titled newest guide, India Is Damaged and Why it’s Laborious to Repair (Juggernaut). In case the reader doesn’t get the message, the duvet declares: “A People Betrayed, 1947 to today”.