Indian prime minister faces banking test

摘要

Dramatic political victories lead first to euphoria and then, usually, to disappointment. Two recent examples of this are Barack Obama's presidential terms in die US and Tony Blair's 10 years as UK prime minister. The former created huge excitement as the first African-American to hold the office, but has failed to deh'ver much in the way of deep reform. The latter will be remembered mostly for the controversial decision to invade Iraq. Can India's new prime minister, Naren-dra Modi - appointed in what was described by one Indian economist in the Financial Times as "the most momentous election in world history" - break the mould?