Birds fly over a man sitting on a raft rowing along Yamuna river. (Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg)
In the summer of 2013, I had the pleasure of meeting the then chief minister of Gujarat, Modi, ahead of him declaring his intention, amid widespread speculation he would, to stand for Prime Minister. At that meeting, he and his advisers asked what I thought about economic policy priorities for India. And to my surprise and excitement, within the hour, I was unveiling to a large audience, invited by him, my ideas for what India should...