THE FEEL GOOD FACTORY: "Our foreign exchange reserves are now so huge that Jaswant Singh commands Indian companies to 'Go out and conquer the world. (George W. here we come). We will be there at every step for you. There is over 100 billion dollars of forex reserves. That is to be put to use, not to be kept under a lock and key.'
Leading economists are telling us we've never had it so good.
In the media, The Golden Age is Upon Us. Leave alone the mainstream for a moment. You know it's a new world when the Economic & Political Weekly finds space for a piece that trashes the Millennium Goals as irrelevant. In India, we achieved those a long time ago.
What's more, thousands of young Indians are successfully faking American accents. (If you can't beat `em, cheat `em.)
And while we may have got thumped in the VB series, we did retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy. That too, against Australia in Australia. Pakistan, here we come.
What more could anyone possibly ask for? When have we ever had it so good?
WELCOME to India Shining. To where the government spends - and various media receive - 4,000 million rupees of your money to tell you how good you're feeling. "