Almost held up!

A former finance secretary and economic adviser to the Prime Minister S. Narayan writes in the Mint:

• “We need foresight and strategy to devise a role for our country in these fast changing times. But I do not see anyone in the government in charge of long-term strategy, neither are there any reasoned commentaries in the media. Perhaps we have lost the habit of thinking long term”

I am not sure whether he is really asking this question to his reader, as he himself writes “in these fast changing times”. It seems to be he is looking half filled glass than half emty one!