Srinagar, Sept. 27 -- BEFORE the 1991 Economic Reform Bill's final voting in Lok Sabha, the Indian parliament was treated to vintage PV Narasimha Rao performance. Not only did he speak spontaneously, but also used Sanskrit in his speech, calling out the wisdom behind his decision to introduce foreign investment bill. India was breaking from the shackles of British License Raj and bureaucratic hurdles at that time. In a way, if the modes of functioning of Indian economy were the brain child of Jawaharlal Nehru, PV Narasimha Rao was its modern architect.

The 1991's 15th July voting was done in a democratic way, where opposition holding its right, decided to walk out. However, as the non-BJP parties clearly did not want the government to fa...