India, May 30 -- A social media taunt led to an unexpected exploration of India's economic future, challenging political narratives while outlining bold reform-driven possibilities, says KUMAR CHELLAPPAN

Thanks to a troll on the social media page of the country's main opposition party, which stated that the book "India@100" authored by Krishnamurthy Subramanian, India's 17th Chief Economic Advisor (2018-2021) and former executive director of the International Monetary Fund, was a lift from WhatsApp University and there was nothing new in it, I was prompted to read this book.

The general impression among the people is that the leaders of the Opposition Party and books of knowledge are poles apart. Their presiding deity's claim that she h...