India, Nov. 23 -- Among experts widely respected for their insights on Indian politics and economic policy, Indian-American Ruchir Sharma stands out. His long experience with institutions such as Morgan Stanley, Rockefeller Capital Management, and Breakout Nations, combined with research-based analysis on India's socio-political landscape, has made him an influential commentator. Yet his reaction to the Bihar election results struck me as both inappropriate and disheartening. Sharma suggested that "Chief Minister Nitish Kumar shows no new thinking on economic progress, yet his victory is not a good sign. In many large democracies, people vote out governments in anger-but in India, that is not happening".

He went further, arguing that "ge...