Jios,
Let me ask another question -- I think it is related. Under Indira Ghandi there were efforts toward socialist management of the economy accompanied by significant restrictions on economic and individual freedoms. Her government had more than a flirtation with the Soviet Union, which at that time was still governed under Stalinist principles of economics and governance. No freeing up for years to come. She introduced similar notions in India.
It is my understanding, perhaps incorrect, that under Indira the Indian economy stagnated, and there was a huge brain drain of professionals to the West. Most of the Indian emigres that I know here came to the US during that period.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/world/30535-india-can-never-beat-china-any.htmlReference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=30535
This was almost like a laboratory experiment in a way. Why did it fizzle in the end? If her policies were beneficial should they not have been continued by her successors after her assassination?
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