1. Let's be blunt, Bal Narendra appeals to a significant chunk of our population.
But what are his "qualities"? What exactly appeals?
This is a man with no achievements to his credit, neither academic or literary, neither in the field of sports or anything else.
But what are his "qualities"? What exactly appeals?
This is a man with no achievements to his credit, neither academic or literary, neither in the field of sports or anything else.
2. His political skills, which have been praised by many, are non-existent.
He was parachuted into power, appointed. There is not one speech in his many years in public worth recalling, he has not won even one debate, in either a state assembly or Parliament.
He was parachuted into power, appointed. There is not one speech in his many years in public worth recalling, he has not won even one debate, in either a state assembly or Parliament.
3. He cannot speak except with a prepared text and a pliable audience.
He was so scared of debate that during his time as CM the Gujarat Assembly functioned largely as a clearing house, as the Parliament does today.
His words, the venom included, are forgettable.
He was so scared of debate that during his time as CM the Gujarat Assembly functioned largely as a clearing house, as the Parliament does today.
His words, the venom included, are forgettable.
4. Of course back room "management" is another thing altogether.
His bete noirs, like Haren Pandya, end up dead, and despite years and years of investigation (with the police reporting directly to him) the crime remains "unresolved", rather like the Godhra case.
His bete noirs, like Haren Pandya, end up dead, and despite years and years of investigation (with the police reporting directly to him) the crime remains "unresolved", rather like the Godhra case.
5. But then in a country when the media is owned by people who owe their power and position to nepotism, dominated by voices who have done not a shred of journalism worth recalling, this appeals.
6. To a corporate sector dominated by those that can "fix" the rules, get tax breaks, free land, "loans" that they don't have to pay back, weaned on corruption and altogether devoid of entrepreneurship, this appeals.
7. To hundreds of millions of young men, educated in a system of copy pasting, of "Yes, mummy, yes, papa," who know they can't stand on their own and compete, this appeals.
8. To a society used to structured inequality, to using privilege to deny talent, to pushing down with all their force so that they can stand on the heads of those less privileged, this appeals.
9. Bal Narendra exemplifies the idea that you can be an utter failure, that you can have no redeeming qualities whatsoever, but if you "fix" the system, you'll be rewarded.
From farm to software, from industry to films, this is the story.
It needs to change.
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From farm to software, from industry to films, this is the story.
It needs to change.
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Those wondering when his failures will dethrone him - economic, diplomatic, social - misunderstand that this is his very appeal.
This is the Clown King of Resentful Losers, followed by a ragged band who despoil everything and build nothing except monuments to their folly.
This is the Clown King of Resentful Losers, followed by a ragged band who despoil everything and build nothing except monuments to their folly.
