India – read: its Hindu majority – is groaning under the weight of a personality cult and its concurrent maladies.

Andy Mukherjee is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering industrial companies and financial services in Asia. Previously, he worked for Reuters, the Straits Times and Bloomberg News. It’s hard to say ...

The elected head of Maharashtra, India’s richest state, made perhaps the biggest sacrifice of all. He flew economy. State leaders were heeding Narendra Modi’s call for austerity. Energy supplies are ...