El Niño test again, but India needs new answers
Tests are seldom pleasant. They are useful, however, in exposing one’s weaknesses, and showing where one can improve. Consider the El Niño a recurring examination of India’s atmanirbharta — its ability to withstand a warmer, less predictable world without being held hostage by empty reservoirs, imported food or geopolitical goodwill. After all, it is periodic,…