I was intrigued with Esteves piece because it seems to contradict everything what critics have said in Ribandar. Mapusa, etc and what I have seen in my various visits to Goa and Mumbai.
I am referring to Message 3 Dated: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:49:05 +0530 Message-ID: < cachetbrxo_rcmcinumhe4atvtorwm8c4s8qb-3tv65cmfbn...@mail.gmail.com> From: Anish Esteves <[email protected] On the Subject: Re: [Goanet] My Asia Times Piece (Anish Esteves) https://asiatimes.com/2022/03/key-takeaways-from-indias-state-elections/ His conclusion is that: <<<"The Congress has a strong ground-level organization in many states and cannot be written off. However, the road ahead will be tough", I write for Asia Times... The body of your article states: >>>Whatever happens next, it?s already clear that the old world order ? >>>inequitable, exploitative, flawed and bloody as it was ? has been effectively demolished. We already live in another paradigm altogether >>>> A horrified fellow in Tanzania said to himself <<<IS THIS TRUE ??>>. To support your contention you state <<<the highly perceptive geopolitical analyst Bruno Ma??es wrote in *The New Statesman* earlier this week, ?we now live in the middle of a great recession? where ?American power is everywhere retreating, leaving behind vacuums that others strive to fill.>>> *Is that what you are advocating because in your own words* <<<<<Whatever happens next, it?s already clear that the old world order ? inequitable, exploitative, flawed and bloody as it was ? has been *effectively demolished.* We already live in another paradigm altogether. Unfortunately I get an impression that Reporter Anish Esteves seems keen to hide *India's Inequality Problem *and even gets others to support him Since I am allergic to newspaper fellows and politicians misinforming the public I decided to find more from India and the world at large. What a treasure trove it proved to be ! So here goes An analyst Maitreesh Ghatak <https://www.theindiaforum.in/authors/maitreesh-ghatak-0> has written a piece which was UPDATED: 29 JUN 2021ISSUE: JULY 2, 2021 Basically India has an inequality problem. 1) In 2020–21, India’s economy experienced the largest annual contraction . The total number of Indian billionaires rose to 140 last year from 102 and their combined wealth nearly doubled to $596 billion. India has the third largest <http://www.thehindu.com/business/india-has-worlds-3rd-highest-number-of-billionaires-says-forbes-report/article34261374.ece>number of billionaires in the world after the US and China. 2) Yet, the number of poor in India is estimated <http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/18/in-the-pandemic-indias-middle-class-shrinks-and-poverty-spreads-while-china-sees-smaller-changes/> to have increased by 75 million due to Covid-19, accounting for nearly 60% of the global increase in poverty. Still another economist Thomas Piketty has constructed The World Inequality Database <https://wid.world/>, developed by and his colleagues, provides a relatively comprehensive picture of wealth and income inequality over time and across countries. Analysis of the data points to an *alarming rise in both wealth and income iNEQUALITY in **India <https://wid.world/country/india/>**.* Please refer to: *https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/does-india-have-inequality-problem <https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/does-india-have-inequality-problem>* Happy Reading Gradolfo Needs to Examine Inequalities in Makongo Juu
