Interesting article, though I wish RS would give credit where it's due and draw the right conclusions from these. That was not to be, for his prejudice against central planners.
The socialistic pattern of society that Nehru and the Congress party envisioned and attempted to follow is the SOLE reason why 'India has consistently been more equitable than both the US and China over the last fifty years, and despite some fluctuations, the general trend has not been towards sharply widening gaps'.
Secondly it is because of the education system that Indian skilled and semi skilled resources migrated to West Asia and the more skilled moved to North America and Western Europe. The IIT and the IIM that we are so proud (and have gained international recognition) was becoz of the attempts made by Nehru to get the best technical education set up in India.
Rajiv Gandhi was belittled when he (and his backroom boys like Pitroda) attempted to push India into the area of IT and Telecommunication and global competiteveness. Today it is in large part due to these initiatives that the teledensity has improved and Indian IT companies are holding their own in the face of competition.
