In 2008, India was growing at 8.8% and was described as a miracle economy. It all went downhill in the next 10 years. Puja Mehra, author of The Lost Decade, joins Amit Varma in episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe the random events, political imperatives and human dramas that collided to bring us to the brink of a crisis.

Also check out:

• The Lost Decade -- Puja Mehra

• DeMon, Morality and the Predatory Indian State -- ep 85 of The Seen and the Unseen

• Most of Amit Varma's writing on DeMon, collected in one Twitter thread

• Narendra Modi Takes a Great Leap Backwards — Amit Varma

• Demonetisation -- Ep 2 of The Seen and the Unseen

• The Bad and Complex Tax -- Ep 74 of The Seen and the Unseen (on GST)

• Is KitKat a Chocolate or a Biscuit? -- ep 28 of The Seen and the Unseen (on GST)

• The State of Our Farmers -- ep 86 of The Seen and the Unseen (in Hindi)

• Where Are the Jobs? -- ep 87 of The Seen and the Unseen

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