India has been so deeply mired in political paralysis that the Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen recently said that the country has “fallen from being the second best to the second worst” South Asian country, and that it is currently “no match for China” on social indicators. This is a damning comment on a country that held such promise just a short time ago.
在政治上，印度可谓泥足深陷，以至于诺贝尔经济学奖获得者阿马提亚·森最近声称，这个国家在南亚“从第二堕落到了倒数第二”，在社会指标方面“无法与中国相提并论”。对于一个不久前才信誓旦旦的国家来说，这样的评语不啻当头一盆冷水。