The market is flooded with books on every imaginable wrinkle of the Modi era. And they are not just written by journalists & scholars. A new breed of writers is emerging – CEOs, tech gurus, RSS followers and self-published experts.
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EBS is now gone, but ETS is still available, ECI should nudge political parties and the corporate world towards wider use of ETS. Then, at least one part of electoral funding can become cleaner.
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The new influencers are breaking the rules of fashion and no topic is off limits for them. They’re steadily growing in both popularity and views on social media.
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Monu Kumar, his father were thrashed by a mob. Aleem Saifi spent 9 months behind bars & was discharged last yr. Their stories are Part 3 of ThePrint's series on 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
Legal guarantee of MSP as per Swaminathan Commission formula tops the farmers' list of demands. The Congress has aligned itself with an ongoing and powerful struggle on the ground.
We hardly remember politicians who opposed Roosevelt, Thatcher. They weren’t useless, but it became nearly impossible to fight their popularity. I suspect the Modi phenomenon is something like that.
In a country where unemployment is at a historic high, the national anxiety isn’t about jobs — it’s about reach. Aspirations have shifted from employment to engagement, from careers to content.
Modi is a very strong and decisive leader. Like that of a king in monarchy or autocrat in autocracy. But it is to be noted that, the growth of a country is highest under monarchy if the monarch is good. Modi loves India and all his actions, decisions are for the good of India, nobody can question his devotion to India. In a proper democracy, Modi would not have been elected. But India and the world was in an exceptional situation when Modi arose. The world realized the dangers of terrorism after 7/11. Indians were too fedup with Pakistan playing the game of terror whenever it wanted and the inaction of Indian leaders. So when 2002 riots happenned although Indians were concerned, the people of Gujrat ignored the violence for the greater good. It is to be noted that Modi was not an MLA when he was declared the CM. But people saw his decisive attitude and didn’t waste time to reelect him again and again. The emergence of ISIS, the corrupt UPA era, the dirty dynastic politics, the discrediting of Congress by the Anna movement, etc. all played a role in making Modi the PM. I strongly doubt if Modi would’ve been PM had the other factors didn’t exist. So the external situation was ripe for an autocrat like Modi to be accepted. If autocracy is taking India forward, who cares if the means he applies seem illogical or outright illegal, democratic values be damned. So Modi is definitely destiny’s child!
Modi is a very strong and decisive leader. Like that of a king in monarchy or autocrat in autocracy. But it is to be noted that, the growth of a country is highest under monarchy if the monarch is good. Modi loves India and all his actions, decisions are for the good of India, nobody can question his devotion to India. In a proper democracy, Modi would not have been elected. But India and the world was in an exceptional situation when Modi arose. The world realized the dangers of terrorism after 7/11. Indians were too fedup with Pakistan playing the game of terror whenever it wanted and the inaction of Indian leaders. So when 2002 riots happenned although Indians were concerned, the people of Gujrat ignored the violence for the greater good. It is to be noted that Modi was not an MLA when he was declared the CM. But people saw his decisive attitude and didn’t waste time to reelect him again and again. The emergence of ISIS, the corrupt UPA era, the dirty dynastic politics, the discrediting of Congress by the Anna movement, etc. all played a role in making Modi the PM. I strongly doubt if Modi would’ve been PM had the other factors didn’t exist. So the external situation was ripe for an autocrat like Modi to be accepted. If autocracy is taking India forward, who cares if the means he applies seem illogical or outright illegal, democratic values be damned. So Modi is definitely destiny’s child!