India, July 8 -- The 2025 World Economic Outlook of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) listed India as the fourth-largest economy in the world with a GDP of $4.187 trillion, pushing Japan to the fifth place. And the World Bank's 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief notes that India has achieved record poverty reduction with the share of those living in extreme poverty (under $2.15 per day) having fallen from 16.2% in 2011-12 to just 2.3% in 2022-23.

Such affirmation should normally have meant only khushi (happiness) with the Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs). But, it has been kabhi khushi, kabhi gham (sometimes happiness, sometimes sorrow) principally because of their largesse towards Pakistan, overlooking its role in fomenting and spreading...