The Modi government wants to turn India into a $5 trillion economy as early as 2526. The idea is to make India richer in the same way that globalization worked, says Ravi Agrawal. Do you think Modi reads political benefits from this upgrade? "It's probably number two or one on the list of what people think about," he says.
America invaded Iraq 20 years ago this week. Today Baghdad is bustling, violence across the country is less frequent, but these gains have come at a horrific cost. India is getting a huge, essential infrastructure upgrade. And we say goodbye to one of our hosts.
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