What does a former Prime Minister with multiple degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge think about the NDA regime’s disdain of elite education? In 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had famously coined the phrase ‘Harvard versus hard work’ when dismissing the forecasts of well-known economists like Amartya Sen about the impact of demonetisation. Dr BR Ambedkar went to the United States on a scholarship and later studied in London School of Economics. If Narendra Modi once sold tea to make ends meet, Dr Singh is from a migrant family from Pakistan and walked miles to school every day. They played a role in making me what I am today, and they played their part in Mr. Modi’s life too.

Source: Hindustan Times May 02, 2019 08:03 UTC