India, May 12 -- The government's recent messaging asking citizens to prepare for "Covid-like" economic disruptions has triggered understandable anxiety across the country, and rightly so. When the Prime Minister of India publicly advises people to reduce fuel consumption, avoid unnecessary travel, postpone gold purchases, revive work-from-home culture, and prepare for uncertainty caused by the escalating West Asia conflict, it is not treated as a casual advisory. Such statements carry enormous psychological, economic, and political consequences. Markets react instantly. Households panic. Businesses slow spending. Investors become cautious. The memory of the Covid lockdowns is still fresh in the minds of millions of Indians who suffered u...