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Indians wryly admit that India grows at night. But that is only half the saying the full expression is: India grows at night... when the government s, suggesting that the nation may be rising despite the state. Indias is a tale of private success and public failure. Prosperity is, indeed, spreading across the country even as governance failure pervades public life. B Indians wryly admit that India grows at night. But that is only half the saying the full expression is: India grows at night... when the government s, suggesting that the nation may be rising despite the state. Indias is a tale of private success and public failure. Prosperity is, indeed, spreading across the country even as governance failure pervades public life. But how could a nation become one of the worlds fastest-growing economies when its governed by a weak, ineffective state And wouldnt it be wonderful if India also grew during the dayin other words, if public policy supported private enterprise What India needs, Gurcharan Das says, is a strong liberal state. Such a state would have the authority to take quick, decisive action it would have the rule of law to ensure those actions are legitimate and finally, it would be accountable to the people. But achieving this will not be easy, says Das, because India has historically had a weak state and a strong society.