FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Almost eight months ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to power with an emphatic win in the Lok Sabha election. He became the first prime minister since Indira Gandhi to register back-to-back majorities in two consecutive elections. As the August 2019 Mood of the Nation (MOTN) survey came shortly after his landslide victory, his popularity was intact, but there was high expectation that he would focus on reversing the trend of slowing growth which had