From being the rising star…

…in the eyes of the world, …

… our country’s image has sunk…

…to being a banana republic again.

With banananomics ruling. It’s a pattern.

Stop.

That’s the nature of growth.

It’s hap-hazard.

We’ll have periods of stardom.

Punctuated mostly by bananadom.

Our modus operandi in times of bananadom is very clear.

We.

Get.

In.

During the short spurts of stardom, perhaps few and far between ones, like fast-moving comets with flaring and then vanishing tails, we shall expunge our non-performers and buy potential future-stars.

At times of stardom, we do feel like stars.

We boast.

X-Trillion economy. Nth-largest in the world. Moon mission. Mars mission. Satellite launching euphoria. Ignore all negatives. Sweep them under the rug. Remove all nay-sayers. Make them disappear permanently. Bull-doze their houses. Meanwhile our corruption reaches unprecedented levels.

That’s the nature of anything that is termed as ‘high growth’.

High growth comes at the cost of humanism.

Are we a humane country? Yes and no. Mostly no. Eyewash humane yes. Perhaps a tad more owing to private initiatives.

Are we even a democracy? On paper, yes. In practice, yes and no. Lots of times, no, there are nuances of dictatorship. Eyewash yes. Perhaps a tad more owing to private initiatives.

But we have one thing for sure.

It’s our own very parallel economy.

Our banananomy.

Along with what we’re calling high growth.

High growth?

Yes and no.

Mostly no.

Eyewash tomfooling international community yes.

Perhaps a tad more owing to private initiatives.