, Columnist
Message to Modi: Do No More Harm
India's leader should be careful not to push his political narrative too far.
Indians hold 20,000 metric tons of gold.
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India again posted world-beating growth numbers last week: Gross domestic product grew 7.3 percent in the quarter between July and September. But the question remains, so what? After all, none of this data covers the period after Nov. 8, the date Prime Minister Narendra Modi abruptly declared 86 percent of India’s currency would be withdrawn from circulation.