In Narendra Damodardas Modi's Gujarat right now.
Gujarat is the home state of the father of the nation. The way things are going, it will soon be the state to father the industrialized nation. dubai's debt is USD 80 billion, MOUs from the just concluded vibrant gujarat summit is a pretty USD 450 billion. Just to let you know that Gujarat has the highest percentage of MOU conversions in India (50%).
People here seem well-dressed and seem to actually walk rather than just move, like they do in Kerala. Also, there are real roads and I have been accosted by only one beggar in the last 48 hours. Incidentally, not all shops are gold shops. Also, havent seen many policemen yet, as I havent seen any bar yet. Prohibition will kill a state like Kerala; it has neither killed the Gujarat government nor suffocated it.
This government is agonizingly rich (inspite of no liquor-dollars) and enviably efficient (inspite of being a government). It was none other than Ratan Tata who mentioned that their approval for Nano in Gujarat took even less time for processing than it would take Tata themselves to process approvals. Apparently, the lowest number of criminal lawyers in the country are in Gujarat,- not enough business for them.
What's the difference between Gujarat and Kerala,- if you will? A government can make or break. In Gujarat, it has broken mental barriers and made tangible progress. In Kerala, neither. If India is shining, the sun has to be rising here.
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