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Episode: Davos: 'Show Business' at Public Expense
Description: India’s splashy presence at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos is sold as a global investment triumph — with claims of over ₹30 lakh crore in MoUs. But how much of this is real investment, and how much is political theatre at public expense?In this hard-hitting analysis, Sucheta Dalal peels back the optics to reveal that most ‘mega deals’ announced at Davos are commitments by Indian conglomerates already operating in India, repackaged as international wins. With taxpayer-funded delegations, lavish state pavilions, celebrities, influencers and PR blitzes, Davos increasingly resembles a vanity project rather than a serious in...