India, June 15 -- Eleven years after Narendra Modi's rise in 2014, with promises of "Achhe Din" and a transformed India, the nation stands at a crossroads. Expectations of a global powerhouse and inclusive democracy have been replaced by broken promises, manipulated data, and a Government obsessed with optics over outcomes. Governance has become a performance, announcements eclipse achievements, and the nation has plunged into a crisis of credibility.

Modi's legacy hinges on poor economic decisions. Demonetisation, announced in November 2016, was a disruptive failure. With 99.3 per cent of demonetised currency returning to banks, it missed its goal of curbing black money. On the contrary, the cash crunch obliterated 9.5 million informal-...