Is there a more exciting topic to discuss than India?

New Delhi

IT'S been a rough start to 2016.

China is clearly slowing down; the World Bank is projecting economies like Brazil and Russia - much vaunted in the early 2000s - will shrink this year; oil prices continue to trawl lows. It's no surprise then that global markets seem spooked: US stocks have suffered their worst-ever start to a year, with markets across Europe, Africa, and Asia tracking similar declines.