Mark Tully has written an interesting piece on the success of Cyberabad, and whether it will play an role in the upcoming elections.
Optimism in Cyberabad and cynicism in the Old City — that would not surprise Dr Vidyasagar who has diagnosed an Indian complaint called SLIME or The Self-Loathing Indian Mentality. He traces it back to that old villain, Macaulay. Today he blames the English language press for spreading the disease. I remembered visiting the Hyderabad Press Club to discuss Naidu’s e-governance reforms when I was writing about them a few years ago. So negative was the response that in the end I asked: “Can’t one of you find anything good to say about the reforms?”
The full article can be read here.
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