The Narendra Modi government announces a grand stimulus ‘package’ that it claims is worth Rs 20 lakh crore or ‘10 per cent’ of India’s GDP. But barely a fraction of it is new money being pumped into the economy. What is made to look like a stimulus is mostly a grand loan mela.
The Modi government is making hungry migrant labourers pay train fare. When this became a political hot potato, it said it was paying 85 per cent per cent of the fare and the state governments were paying the rest 15 per cent. Truth was that that 85 per cent was notional subsidy — in effect, the migrants were being charged the usual fare, and in some places, even more.
If no one else, at least the endless sea of migrant labourers would be able to see through the ‘85 per cent’ lie. It is curious that the Modi government openly lies — lies that are obvious and blatant. Just a few examples:
Narendra Modi said on the top of his voice that there had been no talk of a National Register of Citizens (NRC) in his government, when in fact both the President of India and the Home Minister had said it in Parliament.
Narendra Modi said the purpose of demonetisation was to destroy black money but when that didn’t work, his government kept changing goal-posts. Many lies to hide one truth: that demonetisation had failed.
Electoral bonds make political donations opaque, but the Modi government says they bring transparency. The full list of the Modi government’s lies could fill a library.
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Doublethink
The Modi government has made lying an art form. This non-stop obvious lying was described by George Orwell as doublethink: “Every message from the extremely repressive leadership reverses the truth. Officials repeat ‘war is peace’ and ‘freedom is slavery,’ for example. The Ministry of Truth spreads lies. The Ministry of Love tortures lovers.”
People are thus expected to believe as true what is clearly false, and also take at face value mutually contradictory statements. The Modi government talked about NRC, but it also did not talk about it. The Modi government is making migrants pay for train fares, but at the same time, it is not charging them. Doublethink also applies other Orwellian principles — Newspeak, Doublespeak, Thoughtcrime, etc.
But why do people accept it all so willingly? Why do the people who are lied to every day go and vote for the same BJP?
There are many obvious answers to this question: weak opposition, mouthpiece media, social media manipulation, and Modi’s personality cult that makes his voters repose great faith in him.
But the lies are so obvious, you wonder why anyone would lie so obviously. Surely, when someone is caught lying they can’t be considered credible anymore?
What’s happening here is the plain assertion of power. Our politics has become a contest of who gets to lie and get away with it and who will have to go on a back-foot when their lies are caught.
When the Modi government lies so blatantly, it is basically saying: ‘Yes we will lie to make a mockery of your questions. Do what you can.’
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Fire-hosing of falsehood
In 2016, Christopher Paul and Miriam Matthews wrote a paper for RAND Corporation, an American think-tank, in which they analysed propaganda techniques used by the Vladimir Putin government in Russia. They called it the “Firehose of Falsehood” (read it here). The Russian model is not to simply make you believe a lie — the lie is often so obviously a lie, you’d be a fool to believe it. The idea is to “entertain, confuse and overwhelm” the audience.
They identified four distinct features of the Putin propaganda model, all of which are true for the Modi propaganda machinery as well, as they are for Donald Trump’s.
1) High volume and multi-channel: The Modi propaganda machine will bombard people with a message through multiple channels. By “multiple” we really mean multiple — you will even see Twitter handles claiming to be Indian Muslims saying the same things as the far-Right Hindutva handles. Of course, some of the Muslim handles are fake. But when you see everyone from Akshay Kumar to Tabassum Begum support an idea, you’re inclined to doubt yourself. If everyone from Rubika Liyaquat to your WhatsApp-fed uncle is saying the same thing, it must be right. If so many people are saying the Citizenship (Amendment) Act will grant citizenship and not take it away, they must be right.
2) Rapid, continuous and repetitive: The hashtags, memes and emotionally charged videos will be ready before any announcement is made. The moment the announcement is made, both social and mainstream media will start bombarding you with messages in support of it. The volume and speed of the propaganda will barely leave you with the mind space to judge for yourself.
While the government will be careful to avoid saying it is not charging migrants, its deniable propaganda proxies will go around suggesting exactly that until the voice of the doubters has been drowned out. (A liberal journalist I know actually thought the migrants were not having to pay train fares anymore.)
3) Lacks commitment to objective reality: In other words, fake news. We know why fake news works: confirmation bias, information overload, emotional manipulation, the willingness to believe a message when it is shared by a trusted friend, and so on. There’s no dearth of this in the Modi propaganda ecosystem. There are countless fake news factories like OpIndia and Postcard News. Moreover, the mainstream media itself has been co-opted to manufacture fake news at scale, as the absolutely fictional charges of JNU students wanting India to be split into pieces (“Tukde tukde gang”) shows.
PM Modi himself is happy to lie for political posturing: from attributing a fake quote to Omar Abdullah, to saying there are no detention centres in the country, to exaggerating all kinds of data.
4) Lacks commitment to consistency: This is the bit where the fake news and claims are exposed, and yet they don’t hurt the leader. One day the Modi government says demonetisation is for destroying black money and next day it says it was to push cashless transactions, and third day it says the idea was to widen the tax base.
Ordinarily, such contradictions should hurt the credibility of Modi and his government. But, coupled with the three points above, the RAND researchers suggest, “fire hosing” manages to sell the changed narrative as new information, a change of opinion, or just new, advanced or supplementary facts presented by different actors.
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How to fight the fire-hosing of falsehood
The RAND corporation researchers also suggest five ways for the United States to counter the Russian “fire-hosing of falsehood”. These are applicable to any actor who undertakes this propaganda model, including Modi and Trump.
1. First Information Report: Try to be the first in presenting information on a particular issue. In shaping public opinion, the first impression can be the last impression. (With our lazy opposition, this ain’t happening, but the Congress party’s announcement of paying train fares for migrant labourers was one example of creating the first impression of an issue.)
2. Highlight the lying, not just the lies: The world needs fact-checkers, but they’re not going to be able to stop the fire-hosing of falsehood. That’s like taking paracetamol for Covid-19. You may need it for the fever, but it won’t kill the virus.What might treat the virus of fire-hosing, however, according to the RAND researchers, is to chip away at the credibility of the liar by simply pointing out that he’s a serial liar. M.K. Gandhi’s assertion of truth as the core of his politics, for example, served the purpose of painting the British colonial rule as being based on falsehoods.
3. Identify and attack the goal of the propaganda: Instead of simply fact-checking the propaganda, the political opponents need to understand the objective of the lies and attack those. So, if the objective of lying about migrants having to pay for train fares is to not let them travel for free, the opposition should spend great time and energy addressing migrant labourers about how the government is being insensitive to their plight. This will take a lot more work on the ground, and simply tweeting facts won’t be enough.
4. Compete: Across the world, fire-hosing of falsehood is becoming a powerful propaganda tool. Those who want to defeat such propaganda may have to do their own fire-hosing of falsehood. As the Hindi saying goes, iron cuts iron. When public opinion is being manipulated with fake news and lies, the opposition cannot win the game with mere fact-checking. It may have to do its own rapid and continuous misinformation with little regard for the truth. The RAND researchers suggest this is what the US should do against Russia.
5. Turn off the tap: Lastly, attack the opponent’s supply chain of lies. If opposition-ruled states are not cracking down on fake news and communal hate-mongers in their states, for example, they’re making a huge mistake.
The author is contributing editor to ThePrint. Views are personal.
Its ironical that even the educated people are falling in this trap. APPRECIATE THE SOUTHERN STATES foe having an unbiased opinion about the central govt.. Its true that there is no strong opposition but MEDIA will not give anyone footage, who stands or speaks against Modi. to add to this, we have the great JUDICIARY, on which every sane person has lost faith. I was and will always be a supportor of Mahua Moitra, she had the guts to stand up against Modi and his policies, even she has now lost power and face for the most absurd allegation, sharing email and password …really? Is she so dumb OR is thrre something more sinister… we will never know as we do not have an independant unbiased media who will stand for truth…
article hits nail on head – so many people = so many fools
How about realisation that majority of Indian diaspora has an IQ of 83 with poor education, no money, and a lot of fear from the state. Together it probably makes them mentally enslaved or under a Stockholm Syndrome currently.
Most Bhakts utter a simple sentence as initiated by their master PM: ‘ Ruling family regime has ruined the country’. Let us examine the implication of this sentence before authenticating it.
Someone ruined the country before does not mean its ok for us to ruin now. By repeating the wrong principles of history and blaming the previous govts. we cannot do justice to the people; instead we will actually add salt to the wounds. People select leaders who can improve their livelihood and help them live in harmony. If the govt wants to show its power on people by implementing unproven and bad policies such as Demonetization, NRC, GST etc. and keeps on defending its bad policies, the innocent people would not have any faith in the Govt. Unfortunately most supporters are believer of sweet talks but not on the facts and outcome such as decline in GDP over time, increasing hate crimes, increasing unemployment rates, etc.
It is true that the main opposition party (ex ruling party) is very weak and therefore people lost trust. But it does not mean people have to live another couple of years in despair. People have to take a stand in solidarity and come up with their own selfless leader who can uplift the country’s economic as well as moral values.
the word bhakt comes into the picture only when there is a God since many are using this that means really there is a God & why at least 75 to 80% of India believe P.M.Modi is because they know the truth of all fake journalists publishers like the one who has given this article. P.M. is proving that even fakes like this writer Vij cant earn their bread without using the name of the P.M. the leftist psuedosicular libtards have been living in desperation public know the importance of Modi & he gets elected & The Print etc is reduced to begging
hey joker, 75-89% believe in this govt? laughable you, considering you are brazenly lying on an article about the same!
The Nation became poorest in the world because of Modi Govt. and his Bhakts ? most indian are suffering,crying,dying everyday . we lost everything , we gone back to 60 years. If any new good Pm come and start good work then it will take another 60 years to develope our country. Liar and betrayed Govt. making fool and cheating the poor people through feku Media ?
Heavily biased and a defunct article.. Goes to show the rising impatience and lack of ideas in this camp. The history of fake and propoganda news travel Far in the past since independence when the great visionary Chacha of India wanted to remain on the seat and then followed by Beti… Times when all of these acted like paid agents of KGB… Destroyed the education system, created false narratives… All of that which was suppressed in the common is now finding expression, thanks to the counter balance of social media and the wave of rising nationalism…..
if majority population is so swayed and impacted by fake news then how come leftist twitter handles and YouTube channels are widely followed and are flourishing…the real problem is you fools cut the branch on which you sit… You have become so blind in the hatred of Modi that you logical faculties seems to have been quarantined…the fake news that people like you have spread has led people to stop trusting you and your clan anymore….
Jab Khud karo toh Mazza kahi aur se ho toh sazzaa….. Cmon champ go take a break and introspect while you still at home….
Well said..the cocktail parties of the so called intellectuals are closing down..that’s all..they have a right to moan and groan
The indian opposition is mostly corrupt . Even congress except Rahul . Sonia is intelligent but currupt
All except modi and rahul are currupt
Good
Bad
That’s typical bhakt strategy. But bjp will fall
I love the way writer is saying to counter fake news opposition should also do the same.
So this basically means morally every party is at the same level.
Then why are you taking the moral high ground?
It is very naive on your part to assume that only ruling party is doing it.
PS. Watch Shekhar Gupta’s analysis (part1) after 2019 election, if it is still available online .
The ruling party may not be the only party that is lying. But, as per a survey that found around 120 lying twitter handles favouring the BJP for every one that favoured the Congress party, the ruling party is lying immensely more than any other party. There is no point in trying to pretend that it is not so
The moment one sees Shivam is the author of the article, the reputation of him is that it will be a bundle of hate plus fake narratives and stories against BJP. The print should Introspect first whether you are not spreading lies and hatred in disguise in the name of journalism.
What is the price of deliberate blindness? So many many things injustice and waste of money and looting, yet….? Shame!
One question I have when india became free who is our PM? Before modi which party rule in india?
Why china become global leader when it got freedom in 1948.For good work, everything is liable.people are not fool. India is a democratic so telling lie is common in democracies . From Europe to america u see it. Tell me a Single name, single party name u can say that pure man( dudh ka dhula)? One man PM sir narshima rao doing great work for india . U know n…
what he got. Congress fired him or u can tell even not give him ticket for next election because he didn’t listen congraes man order or works truly for india.
Note hitler:- due to hittler germany is no. 1 economy of Europe. Germany is the most industrialized county of europe.
Finally I can say we have many problems bt the leaders like MODIji , sarder patel etc likes always takes right decision for india . Whether the path is right way, wrong way ( saam , daam , dand bedh) etc.
Bt it is always for india.
Jai hind
There are many commenters here who regard the Congress as corrupt & criminal. And rightly so ! I fully agree with intellectuals like Messrs. Sanja Sen, Raja B, Ranen Bhattacharyya, Pavan Noolvi when they accuse the Congress of being a corrupt party. In fact, that argument applies to not only the Congress but also the BSP, Shiv Sena, NCP etc. etc.
Implicit in their arguments :
1. The BJP is clean and only accepts clean candidates
2. BJP candidates voted in as MPs are clean candidate
Alas, these are anything but true.
They seem to forget that many of the very same criminals from the Congress, BSP, NCP and other parties have now defected over to the BJP where they still continue their crimes. Defections to the ruling party have always helped criminal politicians escape the long arm of the law and also to continue their thuggish, thieving activities with impunity.
Defections alone torpedo the claim that the BJP only accepts clean candidates.
With regard to item # 2 above, an analysis of the current crop of BJP MPs voted in during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections reveals a disturbing prevalence of criminals becoming lawmakers. Research by the Association for Democratic Reforms in India published its report
“Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Winners” *
demolishes the claim that the BJP is any different from the Congress. Some findings:
– 116 out of the 301 BJP winners i.e. 39% have criminal cases against them
– 87 out of 301 BJP winners i.e. 29% have serious criminal cases against them
– 5 BJP MPs have murder cases filed against them
– 1 BJP MP has a charge of serious offences against women
– 4 BJP MPs involved in kidnapping
Indeed, the number of criminals in the Lok Sabha has steadily increased over the years: 30% in 2009 Lok Sabha; 34% in the 2014 Lok Sabha and 43% in the 2019 Lok Sabha. And party affiliations matter zilch – thugs move freely between parties and are welcomed by parties as they often bring with them money and muscle power. And Messiah Modi welcomes them with open arms. And follows many of these thugs on Twitter.
Former editor Arun Shourie succinctly described the sole difference betweenthe Congress and the BJP as follows:
Congress + Cow = BJP !
So to assume that the BJP is any different is utterly wishful thinking. In fact, it is far more criminal than the Congress.
*The Association for Democratic Reforms Report I cite is available at: bit.ly/2ACbtBP
You are missing the big picture. The BJP has plans for those thugs. Their sins will be erased on the mere utterance of Jai Shri Ram. They will then be on a short orientation workshop that should cleanse their souls and render them worthy of running a corruption-free Hindu state where Modi will be the sole Prophet and no religions shall co-exist.
Brilliant sarcasm Mr Anurag !
I suppose gomutra + Arogya setu will cleanse these saffron netas and make them into law abiding Modi clones ! Although that might entail garalanding murderous gaurakshaks like Minister Jayant Sinha did, worshipping Godse like Sadhvi Pragya Thakur does and tweeting threats to Muslims like Tejaswi Surya does – to name a few!
The Prophet does have the necessary manpower for making India a Vishwaguru doesn’t he ?
Not only in a sarcastic sense, but he really might make India a world superpower, but at what cost? We know that.
A.setu is one area that is debatable, more so because India is not the first country to adopt that solution. It is a Data disseminating app, and any such app is only as good as the data fed to it. It is a gamble, but one can never be convinced either way on the efficacy and accuracy. There are some loopholes in the very concept of the app, but I am not sure how far they go in impacting the output.
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M has perfected the art of lying and lying with super confidence , using strong scial media channels like the response in this column thro paid and super bhakts …………. fact is simple decison making in this govt over the last 6 years has been arbitrary and dramatic …….. leading to slow and gradual destruction of the economy and social harmony …f act is its never been so bad … and this handling of covid stuf is a horror movie form hollywood … leaving millions of hapless workers and daily wagers on the road to no where .
it brutal , barbaric and senseless to do a nation wide lock down in 3 hours – 3 hours , boom ” you are in themiddle of nowhere ..
is there a right or wrong is there any accountability for the ives and small business dead people loosing jobs for dont know how long
how can any one justify this cruelty /// ??
i pity the conciousness of this country intellectuuals …
The commenter here is so scared of being beaten up by Saffron-clad goons, he can’t muster the courage to spell the word Modi in Full. A testament to the fact that India is a terrorist state. Terror can take myriad forms. But Alas! Hindu terror has the unique distinction of being both fashionable and justifiable.
The ruins of democracy and the plight of free expression are what remain of new India.
Very well analysed and an excellent, powerful comment Mr Sunil !
Alas, when election time comes, many of these very same migrants who PM Modi has sentenced to death by slow starvation will vote for the man. The PM will play the “persecuted Hindu vs powerful Muslim” card, the Ram Mandhir card and many other markers of Hindu identity and lull the voter into voting for him. And then, the smart middle classes have always wanted what in many drawing rooms is referred to as a “benevolent dictator” and they see that in the man.
One has seen that trajectory in many countries. In the US for instance, poor white workers who stood to lose their health care under a Trump Presidency nevertheless voted for Trump. Many poor people who lived in housing estates run by Jared Kushner and got a taste of what an exploitative landlord can be voted for Kushner’s father-in-law Donald Trump. Appealing to the white identity gets votes in the US as Trump has proved. Appealing to and stoking Hindu resentments, Ram Mandir, Corona jihad, love jihad and so on gets you the Hindu vote in India.
Napoléon once said “An Army marches on its stomach”. In India, the voter does not always vote on the basis of who puts food in his stomach.
Democracy works best if people hold their politicians accountable and throw polarising rabble-rousers into the rubble. That is not happening in Modistan.
We are facing a serious crisis-human, economic, livelihood and public health. The Governnment appears clueless to tackle it. Its think-tank resources are confined to myopic retired bureaucrats with rigid partisan loyalties.
There is nobody to protect the image of Prime Minister Modi even. Look at the announcement of coal block auction: Recall PM Modi’s pronouncement in the Paris Conference and the promises he made to the world on reducing carbon emissions, now he is led to turn to coal, what an irony!
He is led to deliver on self reliance: then in next breath the announcement of opening up of India’s ace institutions and even the defence sector.
Will any internationally reputed companies dare opening their shops in a country with 12 hours working days and abject labour exploitation provisions?
Covid-19 is construed to be an aftermath of rampant biodiversity loss, especially the wild life component, as being admitted by researchers from China itself. The proposed new coal blocks and minerals happen to be in ecologically sensitive areas with lots of tribal populations. Is it not a failure of PM Modi’s advisors to properly enlighten him on the dangers of the pronouncement?
Every time we may not get a Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister. A successful PM can always engage a good array of well meaning advisors, and emulate a luminary, and the contributions will be remembered for long.
Lack of coherence in governance, clarity on internal and external issues and the built-in opposition to any thing well meaning when emanating from quarters opposed to the ruling dispensation are affecting India’s economic milieu and external standing. The much proclaimed 5 trillion economy is far far away, and we can take refuge in Covid – 19.
Human suffering, partly depicted in pictures of trekking migrant labourers to reach their homes will remain a long lasting blemish on the efficacy of Indian democracy and its antipathy towards the downtrodden cutting across cast, creed and religion.
PM Modi’s advisors are only as educated as Modi is. Despite whatever little economic, scientific and technological might they possess, they are limited to and can not venture beyond the borders set by astrology and faith (based on Hindu teachings, I would be damned for not mentioning that).
As far as China’s claims on the virus, yes, it is human activity that takes the blame. Specifically, the destruction of natural habitat through real estate expansion and deforestation. Perhaps, animals carrying millions of unknown strains of virus are forced to come closer to humans and cross-infect the human species. If we don’t make quick cognizance of this, more pandemics are imminent, some of them possibly having the potential to push us to the brink of extinction.
Politics is very dangerous. The way the Citizens of this country are used for their benefits and left to survive on their own indicates that we are moving towards IAS and IPS based governance completely. The electoral machine should enable the following options
Reject all, Ignore all
Candidate wise, Accept, reject, ignore
Option
Rejection means they are sanctioned from contesting electing for the next 10 years.
Ignore means the candidature is ignore for this life time.
Reject all means all of them are rejected for 10 years.
Ignore all means all of them are ignored for this life time.
Only such option in Electoral machine and ECI can bring this change and can save this country.
The Modi/BJP fans are reacting blindly, and with their usual entirely expected abuse. Actually, this is one of the most useful analyses of the propaganda strategy of the Modi govt that I have seen. I really hope the opposition read it and take the excellent advice to heart.
So very aptly put Mr/Ms Affirmingflame !
All I can say is this is BS.
Indian: You can’t say much – leave alone argue. Although you do seem to have a talent for abuse.
But I don’t blame you – intellectual impotence is neither curable nor treatable !
That was a hilarious retort! Well said.
Your one point agenda is to hate Modi and BJP government. Criticisin doesn’t require anything but negativity in everything done. Simply criticizing is meaningless and if you have guts come with concrete solutions ,otherwise shut your mouth.
Ashok Kambi: Your one point agenda is to defend Modi and the BJP government, regardless of the harm, violence and economic disasters it creates. India was facing one of its worst economic crises long before the COVID 19 crisis struck and much of it was self-made, or let us say, Modi made. Criticism of foolish and harmful government policies is a necessary condition for democracy to function. I suggest you go tell that you gauarkshak buddies in your shaka.
What solutions can one provide Mr Ashok, when the all-mighty, all-knowing and soon to be omni-present (Gods are everywhere, right?) prophet is all you need?
When you have the audacity to enforce a nation-wide lockdown without access to real numbers and without any testing, how can one help? I am not saying lockdown was not necessary, it was. But, hey, how about some notice ? And planning? 75% of your brothers, some of then Hindu, live in cramped homes, that you call bathrooms. Any planning for them? Dont care?
Mr Anurag Sahay: To buttress your pithy but powerful arguments even further, it is the authoritarian streak of PM Modi that made the plight of migrants much worse than it need have been. India is a federation and states should have been taken on board such that a co-ordinated plan to run trains, buses, planes etc. to evacuate people back to their home states was realised. In any case, immediately after the lockdown, as migrants started to leave the metropolises, social distancing went for a toss as people fought to clamber onboard buses or other vehicles. And then what one witnesses is a Partition style exodus of poor people walking back home with no food, carrying their children and their weak. All that could have been averted by simply talking to states and getting the states to pitch in as well. But then, consultations with smarter people is not the modis operandi of the great leader.
This lockdown was a replay of an equally ill-times and ill-judged move viz. demonetisation. Having realised that that act of cruelty did not yield any electoral penalties, the Great Gujarati Guru has realised that he can get away with muder as long as he can spread the “persecuted Hindu vs pampered Muslim” canard during elections. Sadly, even the poor as well as the middle classes buy that flawed argument and re-elect the man and indeed want him to be more authoritarian than before. They ought to remember famous quote from British MP Lord Acton (1834-1902):
“Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely”
History has shown that it holds true.
Hey Killi, I respect your hardwork despite not ascribing to your views. You are virtually replying to every comment.
I guess it is lockdown effect.
Mr Rohit: Thanks for the compliment !
You need not subscribe to my views but I am glad you read my perspective on the matter.
Thanks !
Very simple. If the opposition were not such a terrible band of criminals like the Congress they could have done something. The instant Rajiv Gandhi became PM The Congress became a most rapacious and criminal private enterprise. Who in the opposition will anyone listen to today? Sonia? Priyanka Vadra?
You are blind to the depth of present corruption, destruction, and wasting…it is like comparing damage of a couple simple goats versus a large herd of mad elephants
This report is enough for others to decide on financing your corrupted stories. Never expected such a crap from self proclaimed learned and fare journalism. Shame on you for such illogical theory
Exactly same thoughts here.
The only thing more dangerous than corruption is false journalism such as this.
Shivam vij grow up.
Mr Keshav Dhyani: The article is chock-full of facts. And the Modi bhakth in you dooes not produce even a shred of evidence to bolster your puerile, knee-jerk claim that Mr Shivam Vij is lying.
Take for instance the greatest economic self-goal scored by the Modi government and indeed a move that brought so much trouble and turmoil to most Indians who do not hold black money. Demonetisation crippled the informal sector, dealt a knock-out blow to the farming sector wiped off savings held in cash by many a thrifty housewife and caused incomes losses to people who had to stand for days in bank queues. And the results that Modi had to show for it: ZILCH. All the alleged black money was thoroughly laundered and returned to the RBI and none of the expected benefits of that harebrained policy came to fruition. Yet, middle-class Indians who did not have to stand in queues or suffer like most of the poor did lauded the Gujarati genius.
Worse still, at a time when China was facing a downturn and oil prices were low, India did not seize the opportunity to spurring growth and capturing markets lost by China. Instead, under Modi’s watch, India committed hara-kiri and punched the poor under the belt. Indeed, Modi’s foolish economic moves are now being taught in economics classes as an example of unwanted “liquidity shocks” and their deleterious effects.
So let me give you the advice you give to Mr Shivam Vij
“Mr Keshav Dhyani: Grow up, remove your saffron blinkers, treat your tunnel vision and get yourself some basic education”
And perhaps the most hilarious part of that: these very grown-ups’, and I repeat, grown-ups, believed him when Modi promised – ok, let me use a better word, assured – that every Indian shall be credited with 15 Lakh Rupees (and the itch started right away, did it end yet?) when the exercise closes. He even let them break the law and shoot him on the street if they were not happy with the exercise (which he knew was never gonna happen). I mean, how can you dare think that the reform was a cheat? He is your Prophet! Ok, I concede that Tax filing was made less cumbersome and perhaps some loopholes were eliminated, but that is it.
No wonder, he made his way into the modern textbooks, albeit for other reasons. The privileged middle class, especially the NRIs, had nothing to do with the suffering, and to this day, refuse to acknowledge it was a blunder, and a murder of democracy. They do have access to all the scum emanating from BJP though, on their iPhones and iPAds!! And they don’t put their 10 ounce brains to work before hitting that button. Politics aside, they even endorse fake pieces of medical advice, like the ones that claimed to be reliable and apparatus-free home tests to detect the Covid-19.
That (Mr Kehav’s and many others’) was only an involuntary response to the very sign of an attempt to question the methods of the ruling govt. Their intellectual inadequacies don’t allow for a constructive or at least a meaningful analysis.
The same ‘grown-up’ Modi clan was led into believing, as bizarre as it sounds, that their accounts would be credited with 1.5 million Rs when the demonitization exercise is complete. 3 years on, they are still waiting for the Rs 1.5 million. Ok, even half of that would do. It can buy us a new electric car.
Everyone only complains about others, you print people see and analyse many things, but you dont give IDEAS for the government just Blame or CRITICISE. List out and tell the government to do things that people want.
He does provide solutions. Are you just seeing the headline and heading straight for the comment box, realizing that it is an article targeting your Uncle Modi dadhiwala?
Brilliant retort Mr Anurag Sahay !
The knee-jerk reaction of blinkered, blind bhakths like Mr Balu is to immediately rush to the defence of their beloved Führer at the mere hint of criticism of him. Sadly, these braying bhakths are not few in number – a testament to the fact that propaganda works well.
As Hitler’s Propaganda Minister Josef Göbbels once said:
“the rank and file are usually much more primitive than we imagine. Propaganda must therefore always be essentially simple and repetitious ..”
Mr Balu proves that point.
Once again, excellent comment Mr Anurag Sahay.
shivam vij i really appreciate you for your bold comment,its really the truth
Indians are not fools, stop your agenda, nobody cares about fucking pieces of shit from Print, your article shows your frustration, your corrupt funding have closed, India’s citizens are not fools they trust PM Modi’s actions & he is running corruption free Government opposite to UPA led by scamster.
Such intelligence, imbecile of the highest order – article is on point
Rafale scam
What is the basis of your claim?
Majority of Indians r genius who vote in the name of the religion,cast ,creed bla bla except the merit of the canditate.How genius we r that we hve been enslaved by British for more than 100 years and how genius we r to elect a incompetent and compulsive liar as leader twice. Andher nagri chaupat raja. Truth is bitter???
Amazing article. I hope the opposition reads it.
AND takes the very sound advice seriously!
Typical lies by typical leftist paid propaganda outlet. Lying is the base foundation of these leftists, writing against a working government as their days of preferential treatment, free air travel, free booze, wheeling dealing income, free parties etc have all come to an end. The parasites are angry, very angry.
Too many ANDHBHAKTs trying to shitter gulp modi and BJP. I fear these will be the responsible for the doom of India. Just ridiculous how even the educated middle class is so effortlessly brainwashed by BJP and Modi that they can’t discern between the truth and lies, this is the dreaded KALIYUGA where the people in general are blinded by the propoganda of the autocratic and the corrupt. God save this country. Or the middle class is going to be the new poor of this country.
Amit wardhan sir…i totally agree with your comments and also thankful for this article . Modi bhakts worried now ?
Brainwashed ?
The Nehru Clan did it very well. Today India is freed.
People like Shailesh, Bharatia, Sanjay and the rest are so frustrated, it shows in their desperate writing and bold words. Funny is the fact that the far right and brainwashed Hindus who are fuelling the Modi rollercoaster for 6 years now, are Actually from the elite middle class. So sorry that this is what their parents sent them to school for. They have glorified ignorance and stupidity. Common sense and logic are long extinct.
Mr Anurag Sahay: You hit the nail on the head Sir !
It is the elite middle class that has completely ceased to think and has indeed outsourced their thinking to MoSha (Modi + Sha). Indeed, some even take this a step further and let their political views be decided by the ramblings and ravings of uncouth, violent individuals like Adityanath, Godse worshipper Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, Sadhvi Uma Bharti, leader of the Nazi lite organisation RSS Führer Mohan Bhagwat and so on.
In this climate of Modi worship, it is impossible to talk critically of the man’s many political and economic follies, many of Tughlaqian proportions. For instance, it is impossible to reason with the middle-class bhakth that no economist of reputable standing would have endorsed demonetisation in cash centric, poorly banked India with poor financial literacy. And yet, the middle-class bhakth would say: “Don’t look at results, look at Modi’s intentions“ !!!! Thus the carnage wrought be demonetisation gets pooh-poohed and Modi lives to fool them another day with another botched scheme called GST !
As the French diplomat Joseph de Maîstres (1753-1821) once said:
Every country has the government it deserves !
Yes, Sadhvi the ‘Gundi’, and did you ever see Nitin Gadkari speaking during interviews?
He is the unrefined, if I may use that word, version of Modi. All these guys are goons.
And yes, the worst irony is indeed what you quoted about the typical middle-class bhakt “Don’t look at results, look at Modi’s intentions“ – A stark and chilling reminder that propaganda worked so perfectly that they are fooled in to believe they are acting and thinking on their own will. Some go a step further and say “Look at the results” and flash a long manufactured list of ”accomplishments’ they source from the BJP handle. They are not even remotely in a position to gauge ground reality and think they know all the ‘change’ and reform he is bringing. This is inevitable when you surrender your life to God, and allow a human to take God’s place.
Actually, they choose not to listen to facts when we try to reason that 98% India (and still runs) runs on cash.
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Indeed this is the age of blind faith and stupidity. People like Shailesh, Bharatia, Sanjay and the rest in this thread are so frustrated, it shows in their desperate writing and bold words. Funny is the fact that the far right and brainwashed Hindus who are fuelling the Modi rollercoaster for 6 years now, are Actually from the elite middle class. So sorry that this is what their parents sent them to school for. They have glorified ignorance and stupidity. Common sense and logic are long extinct. The Bharatiya Jaundiced party loyal approves legalised loot in the name of resurrection in 2017, and is somehow convinced he is indeed compensated for that. He forwards every bit of scum reaching his phone, terrorises the audience with all that scum, and feels accomplished. He screams victim and allows the victim mentality to invade his psyche and expects every Hindu to feel like a victim of Muslim atrocities of the long gone era. He doesn’t know or doesnt accept that it is our shortcomings and incompetence that allowed us to be invaded and tortured in the 13th, 17th, and 6th centuries. Had Hindus made the same conquests, the same Modidiots would have justified it saying we were brave Kings. He claps tirelessly , burns candles, and even confers the title of Prophet to Modi. He brings alive all superstitions that were slowly being forgotten. Yet, he is not convinced that wrong side is an offence, and a dangerous one that can cost lives. Because uncle Modi did not say so. He didn’t follow traffic rules, but he ensures every family member has a mask.
I’m enjoying the frustration media houses like you’ll are facing, soon that Communist fund is gonna stop too or already has, and your master’s are gonna abandon you’ll, suggest you save up for that rainy day. There ain’t gonna be no Page 3 either for your rescue.
Too many ANDHBHAKTs trying to shitter gulp modi and BJP. I fear these will be the responsible for the doom of India. Just ridiculous how even the educated middle class is so effortlessly brainwashed by BJP and Modi that they can’t discern between the truth and lies, this is the dreaded KALIYUGA where the people in general are blinded by the propoganda of the autocratic and the corrupt. God save this country. Or the middle class is going to be the new poor of this country.
For hipocracy, this columnist takes the cake. The techniques of doublespeak, fire hosing etc were pioneered by the Bolsheviks at the time of Russian Revolution and was refined to a fine art and practised by Communists and their fellow travelers all over the world and prevented others from expressing their views. Now this columnist has no moral right to gripe when others have started paying back in the same coin.
Why at all should the central government pay for the labour’s tickets.?
6of our laborers have gone back to their place 3 Bengal 2 up and 1 jharkhand. all of them own mobiles worth 12000 – 14000 min and spend 2000 rs each on recharge and entertainment per month then why should the govt spend for them think assholes?
Why should the government do anything? They should stop doling out these economic packages of 20 lakh cr. Whats the point? People( migrants) already own mobiles of 12k-14k bucks, right? They dont need any more economic benifits. Instead, the government can build a statue of you and spend a few thousand cr bucks on that.
Mr Ravindra Naik: So do you want them to die of starvation and without a roof over their heads in the cities of India where they have toiled? And how the hell do you know that all migrants own expensive smartphones ? And even if they did own these smartphones, that was at a time when they had incomes to maintain the phones. Indeed, most migrants spend very little on themselves and instead remit money to their families in far away villages.
As things stand, landlords have evicted them from their apartments, factories have stopped their salaries and these people are starving. And we have a callous, Modi inspired middle class bhakth called Ravindra Naik who wants to kick a man who is already down. And that too beneath the belt.
Your contempt for your fellow Indians makes one want to retch. Wonder if your ilk are the real termites of India.
Mr Vij would like you to presume that people are fools, they can think on their own. This premise itself is false. These authors/writers have a single point agenda and it is clearly visible to a naked eye. They won’t say a word on highly corruptible congress dispensation for long 60 years. Yes, no body should talk abot the past, but isn’t congress responsible for India’s miseries, migrant labour and lop sided growth, pathetic slum dwelling and the list goes on. They are talking about garib and muslims for 70 years and there is no change in their condition. Doling out money and make people come to them for succour is their feudal mindset of governance. They haven’t empowered people. That’s precisely the reason when Rahul Gandhi announced Rs 72000 cash tranfer in garibon ke khatein mein during last elections, people, even the garibs, didn’t believe him. They have lost credibility, they have destroyed India. And that’s why, except writers like you and the liberals, people trust Modi. People care a dam for what you write and say.
Print should be closed along with all fake news media like Wire AltNews NDTV Scroll. They are dangerous weapons against Indian State
Rahul Gandhi falsely linked PM for being a Modi. How is Lalit Modi in the good books of Congress suddenly. No moral ground to blame the govt on lies. It is unfortunate that despite being a 150 year old, INC has lost its credibility and fighting hard to gain confidence of people for mandate. No credible energetic leader either. The current govt is trying different ways to retain people confidence. Despite afew setbacks largely they are successful. Congress has to find a means to build credibility.
Leftists on fire ? We all know whats the truth and whats lie!
Stop this propaganda.
The Modi and BJP lying machine works simply because lies are repeated all the time, there is virtually no freedom of the press in India and Modi knows how to stoke the Hindu middle-class victimisation grievances. The BJP IT Cell, outlets like Republic TV and its goon Arnab Goswami, Zee TV etc. etc. serve as megaphones of the Modi message. The middle-class, already having outsourced its thinking to the Delhi University graduate, laps up all this unquestioningly.
Reminds me of what Adolf Hitler’s Propaganda Minister Josef Göbbels once said:
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State”
The many comments indulging in personal attacks on the author of the article confirm that the government has succeeded in convincing the middle-classes that any questioning of the Modi government’s policies is tantamount to sedition and an anti-national activity. Including, if that happens to be the truth.
Sadly, for the vast majority of Indians, particularly middle-class, urban Hindus, Prophet Modi can do no wrong, has never made any mistakes, and is God’s Gujarathi gift to India. And that this genius will be the sole provider of solutions to India’s myriad problems and must not be disturbed whilst he goes about deploying the Gujarat Model nationally. The great “aatma” is on a mission to transform India into a Vishwaguru and one must not bother him with reminders of petty peccadilloes like pogroms, hare-brained schemes like demonetisation & GST, lynchings of Muslims, the botching in Balakot, the authoritarian Sanjay Gandhi streak in the man, the contempt for Constitutional norms, the disdain for separation of powers, the dilution of federalism, the curbing of press freedoms, the slapping of sedition charges on journalists, the torpedoing of democratically elected state governments, the construction of concentration camps – err detention camps for Muslims, the tanking of the economy, the jobless growth, the widening inequality and many other features of the Gujarat model. One more thing – the utter, callous disdain for the very people who keep the engines of the Indian economy running smoothly viz. migrant workers.
But what makes the situation in India dire and indeed sustains an authoritarian man like Modi in his drive to bulldoze democracy and leave behind a Hindu Pakistan or rather a Hindutva Pakistan is the fact that the urban, Hindu middle-classes have been lulled into becoming members of the Modi cult. And regard any questioning of the Gujarati Genius and his coterie of saffron advisers such as Baba Ramdev, Mohan Bhagwat, Amit Shah as tantamount to heresy. Thus, there has been an exodus of talented advisers and technocrats like Dr Raghuram Rajan, Urjit Patel and even a Modi economist like Dr Jagdish Bhagwati from key government roles and their replacement by saffronistas from Nagpur.
But much worse, like the blasphemy laws of Pakistan where the mere allegation that somebody has spoken ill of the Prophet gets you lynched, in India, the average bhakth will not tolerate even an objective analysis of the Great Gujarati’s deeds and misdeeds. A cursory survey of the comments to this article will reveal that nobody questions the facts of the article. Instead, they question the temerity of The Print, author Shivam Vij or the few discerning commenters like Ms Anamika to question the fibs and economic destruction wrought by the Great Gujarati Genius.
Admittedly, many middle class bhakths and devotees of the Modi cult won’t be out prowling in the streets and waiting to lynch Muslim cattle traders or dairy farmers – they never get their hands dirty. But they are far more dangerous than the average itchy groined gaurakshak of Adityanathisthan. Whilst the vile gaurakshak – tacitly supported by the BJP and the state apparatus – wields lathis, chain, swords and other manifestations of Hindutva brawn power, the middle-class bhakth castrates himself intellectually, demotes his brain power and surrenders himself to the Great Gujarathi as if in supplication. This middle-class deification of a highly flawed, polarising politician with a pogrom under his belt, violence in his wake and gross economic mismanagement as a trademark is a far greater threat to democracy than the thuggish antics of the scrotum scratching Adityanath clones who become gaurakshaks. Educated, middle-class bhakths are more dangerous simply because they allow themselves to be co-opted in carrying out the carnage of the Constitution.
In any case, the constant stream of lies that emanate from the Modi government and the tendency of the middle-class to unquestioningly accept these lies as the truth proves what Josef Göbbels, Adolf Hitler’s Propaganda Minister once said:
“Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will”
It’s nothing to do with PM Modi or the BJP. The people. The people of India awoke to the mess the left liberal press and the thieving of Congress to say enough is enough.
The people rules O.K !
Mr Ranen Bhattacharya: Has the thieving actually ended Sir ? After all, in keeping with the hallowed Indian tradition of “defections”, haven’t thieves from the Congress and other dodgy parties have moved to the supposedly highly honest, corruption free BJP where they nonetheless continue their theft ?
The fundamental equations that drive Indian politics remain unaltered Mr Bhattacharya – you join politics to make a quick buck. To that end, you invest large sums of money to get elected and once elected, you do your utmost to get back that investment manyfold.
Now tell me if the rules are different in the BJP.
Absolutely, the rules not any different. In fact, they (BJP) have a more potent formula that explains why Cong. is out of contention, and that formula is well-articulated in your preceding comments. Need we say more?.”Every country has the govt they deserve” what an apt quote.
And you have everything to do with stupidity and ignorance! You don’t even have a decent command of English.
Every word of your writing screams truth and only truth! I am glad there are some sane people around.
Fake news published,
Mr Shivraj and print , disgusting article where there is no truth.
Uou are a Mouth piece of communist and congress .
“4) Lacks commitment to consistency: This is the bit where the fake news and claims are exposed, and yet they don’t hurt the leader. One day the Modi government says demonetisation is for destroying black money and next day it says it was to push cashless transactions, and third day it says the idea was to widen the tax base.”
In the point above you say that the govt changed motives 3 times to justify demonetisation…..but ALL 3 of those motives were good & important reasons to take this step and lets admit it – the tax base has tremendously increased, the banking sector has become more solid with all the money that flowed in, and what is so bad with a cashless society really? Its easier to keep track of real economic growth…..and also easier and fairer to manage? We are not in the 15th century that people need to use cash…..currency can be faked too….having a cashless economy is far more secure than a cash society where so much counterfeiting can happen and people can cheat a lot. It seems your article is hell bent on “creating” faults where none really exist…and rather today’s india is getting developed faster, our infrastructure is getting stronger, at least for the first time we see a hope in the country? It is this hope that has created such a large fan following of Modi……whther its Putin or Modi or Trump….you can call them populist, authoritarian or whatever…but lets give them the credit….they are working really hard …would you be able to handle the stress and pressure of a job like that? I dont think so….its easy to criticise govts…and people aren’t fools as you claim…if Modi was really all that bad…then he would not be where he is today….you can fool a thousand people…or even 10,000….or ten million…..but if Modi actually managed to fool 1.4 billion people like you claim….them Hats off to him…….now lets see how many people get fooled by your article.
P.s….I am no fan of any party nor remotely interested in Politics….I am interested in Humanity, economy and the good of everyone….and I believe that every single person deserves a basic decent life which is what the present govt of India is aiming to achieve and they are doing a fine job at it so far.
It is fun to see the number of Modi’s troll army Shivam article attracts. They also apply the same technique of propaganda as described in this article. Keep on writing Shivam, we love your articles. So many trolls visit to spew their venom here is a testament to the amount of heartburn you cause to the fake news brigade and their bosses.
Having long ago made a decent study of propaganda techniques, starting with the master/Goebbels, this attempt at interweaving of ill-fitting, however deep, concepts into the article is nothing short of amateurish and something one could expect from someone straight out of grad school with a quite hard earned B-, and full of textbook ideas that haven’t had sufficient thoughtful marination.
Please stop and think before creating such intellectually distasteful fruit salads.
Anycase, it is true that there have been certain flip flops by this government and, arguably, sound intent not followed by matching implementation rigor. There also has been few attempts at retrospective right-splaining. On the other hand, give the alternatives, one would rather have this govt then any other formation possible today. So, relax a bit and smoke the peace pipe with reality.
While I am aware of the biased journalism by your team over the years I was hoping this time you’ll surprise with some good stuff but you fail miserably ‘theprint’. Your only motto and the only source of income to run your incompetent machinery is drawing up some fake narratives against modi government and make them sound genuine.
Go get some life loosers!!
I congratulate the writer that he have guts to raise these questions. Hacked media knows only Hindu, Muslim, Pakistan. I wonder if Pakistan is not on world map, then these media houses do not have any news. All the issues are rightly raised by the writer. Firstly I appreciate government for Demonetisation then with passage of time I realised how worst this decision for poor people and small businesses man. They are finished. GSt further falsen the matter. Government failed miserably on economics front. Now on corona in planned lock down kills not only migrant class but many small business owners are finished before opening business. A more thorough plan should be made. When cases are few then nation wide strict lock down and when cases are increasing lockdown opened. If lockdown is wisely made then economy as well as lives are saved. Corona cases increased inspite of lockdown. People stuck in temple, Gurdwaras, masjid, students in hostels, in marriage functions, person go to nearby station to appear in interview. Thousands cases are there of the people who stuck in lockdown. People in medical institute like PGI stuck in the journey. Only common man can experienced heat of this unplanned lockdown. Then hacked media singing Emperors songs and doing Hindu, Muslim, Pakistan. All the news are later on proved to be faked. Migrant problem has now shaken my entire confidence in this Govt.
I didn’t like demonitization from day 1. I knew it was a huge governance debacle, a ploy, a gameplan, a publicity exercise. Our words will not be heard. This is very sad. We are all traitors and we will be hanged if we speak up. But, it is surprising that you did have some faith in the Govt until now, as you mention in the closing sentence. Good that you are enlightened now. All the pro-govt news pieces that we see are faked, most notably those about the economy.
Print write about the horrible COVID violence in Chandernagore in Hooghly dist West Bengal unleashed by the fasting hordes.
Worthless article written by another shameless editor. The intent to clearly project PM in poor light with peddling lies is very evident!!!
The more arrogant and pronounced these paid useless editors become the more definite positive vote for the BJP!!!
Traitors of their own country in the garb of editors working for theprint-in… Shame on you!!
Rightly expressed. But you see still fools in the comments that do not agree with whats happening. Its Shame. But a salute to you for expressing the facts. And now its to the people to understand or go on in the ongoing direction. Lets see where our country lands with so much hatreds. Before it was Hindus to muslims and now going on with migrants to the states. But at the end these migrants are suffers and this wont be felt as these are poors.
I congratulate writer that he developed such a courage to write such a article. Otherwise electronic media is singing songs of Emperor..
Mr Gulshan Sharma: Loved your comment.
Hopefully, the author of this excellent article will not be charged with sedition as is usually the case in Modistan.
Gulsan sharma your comment is best ,thank a lot …true indian
Good article.