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Aashique Ahmed Iqbal
Aashique Ahmed Iqbal is an assistant professor of history at Krea University. His book, The Aeroplane and the Making of Modern India, is forthcoming from Oxford University Press.
The Tatas' acquisition of Air India is hailed as a triumph for private enterprise in its battle with the remnants of the Nehruvian state. The history of Indian aviation, however, is of the…