The amazing thing about people criticizing the PM for suggesting lamps and plates is that they simply don't understand him. He has taken the corono crisis to not only increase his follower count, but has also turned them into a cult.
Cults are immune to facts and figures and in fact revel in the irrational and thrive in opposition to the cult. They are fundamentally anti-intellectual and by pass it fully to appeal to the emotions and thereby create long lasting loyalty.
The plate banging and diya lighting are demands to sacrifice rationality. Once done, the follower fully merges with the cult. They may retain their wisdom on other things but their loyalty to the PM is sealed.
(Read Second Foundation, The Mule by Asimov to understand this).
(Read Second Foundation, The Mule by Asimov to understand this).
The PM is not the first to figure this out. Both Jayalalitha, MGR, NTR had the same following. But the PM is the first to figure this out at national scale across a variety of crisis using them to his advantage. On this, there exists no peers for him.
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