WHEN the Narendra Modi government announced its decision to hand over Air India back to the House of Tatas, a Congress party functionary tweeted the warm personal correspondence between the late JRD Tata and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to suggest that there was nothing personal about the government take-over of the airline. It is true that JRD maintained good personal relations with both Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. However, JRD and the Nehru-Gandhis walked very different political paths. Narendra Modi put his state’s money where his mouth was by throwing a lifeline to Ratan Tata, offering. . .
