Last week’s massive electric-grid failure in India didn’t just leave 700 million people without electricity for days. It also gave rise to a sharp debate on what the blackouts might mean for the future economic prospects of the world’s second most-populous country. Over the weekend, Jonathan Shainin wrote a colorful dispatch for the New Yorker noting that the grid collapse provoked plenty of anxiety among Indian politicians about the country’s status as a rising superpower. Read More
