India could play an anchoring role in transforming the country into a modern state but it must first work on the Gordian knot of contemporary geopolitics
There is no hint in Mahammod Khan’s boyish face and gentle demeanour that he is a member of Parliament from Kandahar, a province in southern Afghanistan where ordinary citizens have blind dates with violent death almost every day.
The Lost Years
Political Weakness
(This story appears in the 02 December, 2011 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)