India’s GDP growth of 8.2% in Q2 FY26 has astonished even seasoned observers. This is not merely ‘better than expected’, or ‘excellent’. It’s, as one analyst put it, ‘almost surreal’. Surreal not because India has never grown at this pace. […]

This article was originally published by The Times of India on Nov 19, 2025.

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