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Ruhi Tewari is working as a News Editor for ThePrint. She is also head of the video section. Ruhi is an economics graduate from Hindu College, Delhi University, with a post-graduate diploma in Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism. She began her career in 2007 and has worked with the Indian Express and Mint. Her areas of specialisation include politics as well as policy spheres like rural affairs. She can be reached at: ruhi.tewari@theprint.in. Follow her on Twitter @RuhiTewari
She can be reached at: ruhi.tewari@theprint.in.
Follow her on Twitter @RuhiTewari
While right, the author’s take on PM’s style &substance do not make for any significant insight. Showman ,yes , so what? I find Modi a most extraordinary showman , to win consecutive LS elections single handedly , is absolutely amazing. To promise to root out corruption is bettering the piedpiper. It is absolutely mind boggling.
India is a land of festival and celebration ,every citizen or country have problem working hard then often taking break for making big celebration is Indian cultura.Money earning purpose is to Happiness and celebration..
Ur OPINION is too skewed, Ruhi…no dearth nor intellectual capability
I wondered seeing the heading how come at least to come up with some positive heading that, of course, ended criticizing Modi, not surprisingly,though.
The staid PMship of Gujral Deve Gowda, Manmohan Singh ends. Good. What is the loss? Who is grieving?
This is the age of visuals, packaging and celebrating achievements and not of losers but many of us still choose to live as under achievers and under dogs, India has seen achievements in almost all fields be it sports, science, medicine , and above everything we are a young nation with 70% of our population younger than 35 years, the leadership has to project positivity and the young of today are energetic , vivacious forward looking , aspirational, ambitious , they have to feel proud of the country and show to the world our best side and not revel in showing our slums, poverty after all we are the 5 biggest economy of the world in terms of nominal GDP and 3 rd in terms of PP, the world sees immense opportunities And possibilities in India that is what Modi is doing packaging India, marketing India which is the need of today and not package India the way Mrinal Sen, Satyajit Ray , Bimal Roy did now we don’t need to be apologetic to be an Indian but a very proud one
Honourable journalist, ” I hate what ever is done by Modi” would have been enough. why waste your and readers time ?
visceral hatred of Modi, made her write an entire essay
Same was practiced by the great Nazi leader of \Germany, the infamous Benito Mussolini of Italy, the “Sun of Asia” Indira Gandhi!!What was the future of these leaders ? Mind it !!
Why are you jealous? We like it.
Nothing wrong? There is. It drags the highest office of the land down to cheap pomp and pageant. It shows a shallow mind. The masses will like it, and the more mass-appeal that something has, the more it is harmful to the society. Used to the spectacle, people can’t separate the show from the substance. Future PMs will have to always worry about putting up a show because performance alone will not be enough.
The world gets attracted only when there is a spectacle. Look at how the tech companies host product launches…Democracy is not an isolated word..it means people and the majority of common people like spectacle…times have changed, don’t let your outdated education based on ancient rules interfere with your evolution.
I’ve made this comments a million times and I’m constrained to make it again now. The Print, which I respect, under the watch of Shekhar Gupta, whom I respect is slipping fast. A bunch of opinions is NOT an article. I know, because I’m a journalist too. It is sad that The Print lets its pages be taken over by motivated opinions. Shivam Vij is another regular offender, because his ‘articles’ again are a collection of his personal opinions. Any reader can contrast these ‘articles’ with those of Shekhar Gupta and see the difference. It is not about supporting or opposing Modi. Shekhar Gupta often writes anti-Modi, but they are insightful.
In this present case, I can’t for my life understand what the hell is so wrong if the leader of a nation participates in high profile events. It is good for the country’s image, it has helped. Shekhar Gupta’s most recent Cut the Clutter clearly underscores the strategic significance of Trump’s talk.
I have always chosen to read The Print because in the mass of excrement from Delhi, such as The Wire, The Quint and Scroll.in, The Print is more balanced.
I want to ask Shekhar Gupta this: should the profession that fed and clothed you be killed under your watch?
Even after making a “million” comments, you fail to appreciate the point that the article is making – the current PM is setting the new norm – style matters more than performance, in fact style is substituting for performance. Something similar happened to our cinema – which was full of meaningful stories and music in the 50s and 60s and degenerated to mindless masala and cacophony, from which we are yet to recover. In time, everyone will follow this trend due to herd mentality prevalent amongst Indians, and our country, once famous for intellectuals and scholars holding high office, would be more identified with men of show and smoke.