How Modi Inc routed sick PSUs

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This past week, the thinking and the chattering classes got neatly split into two. Is Modi the face of a new India, or has his victory pushed us back into the divisive abyss of hate politics? Reams have been written and hundreds of hours of airtime have been spent in attempting to analyse his feat through the prism of ideology. Few have considered that victory and defeat in an election isn't just about vindication of the winner's ideological plank. It is as much about managerial efficiency, ability to plan and the sheer stamina to work hard, a work ethic cherished the most in corporate India. An ethic that distinguishes a profit-making corporate from a sick PSU. The fact is, almost all pundits have either under-estimated or ignored that Modi has proved to be more of a corporate while contesting elections. And has also won them because he....