Chetan Ahya
Chetan Ahya
change india large people proportion seen
In India there are a large proportion of people who have not seen significant change in their lifetime.
china comparable gap immediate india
The gap has only widened in the immediate years. In 1980, China and India were comparable on data.
confident exactly indians learn people protect rather turn wipe within
There was a sense of self-doubt in India, within itself. People were not exactly as confident as you see them now. But that did not turn out to be true. Indians have come through unscathed, and they're able to protect their turf ... So now there's the sense that we want to learn from them, rather than that they'll wipe us out.
change five last sea seen
In the last five years we have seen a sea change in IT and telecoms infrastructure,
china denying fact government india invest market respond shift trying
There has been an attitudinal shift in the railways. They are trying to respond to market needs, but there is no denying the fact that the government of India is not able to invest in infrastructure in the way that China is.
bad economy gone problem rural structural urban
There is a structural problem in the rural economy and a structural problem in the urban economy, that's really the story. It's really coincidental that everything has gone bad at one time.
change lives possible
We need to make a change in as many people's lives as possible in their lifetime,