Development Days Why the poor in India are still hungry By Michael Neri   One disadvantage of having world class economists in government is that their rationalizations and justifications for policy failures can be hard to argue with and negate –such is the sophistication and sophistry at their command.  That has certainly been the case in India, where official claims that poverty has been reduced sharply in recent times, have been dressed up in credible data and impeccable analysis. But every now and then, an inconvenient truth jumps out and tears into the smoke screen of self-serving...