As I was reading openthemagazine.com/cover-stories/… of PM @narendramodi about his 20 years in office-1st as Guj CM & now as our PM,my eyes noticed those words-I DONT GET AWED BY THE TRAJECTORY OF MY LIFE”-I instantly remembered a friend telling me how PMs detachment is his biggest positive!
“Mentally, I keep myself detached from this world of power, glitz & glamour. And due to that, I am able to think like a common citizen and walk on my path of duty just like I would if I were given any other responsibility.” What PM said here is his his biggest strength!
“Right from my younger days,my bent was spiritual” said @narendramodi in his i/w to @OpenMag , talking abt circumstances in which CM job- Bhuj was already devastated-was handed to him.
With the hindsight advantage,v can say PMs journey as a seeker in Himalayas, helped him most!
“Tenet of ‘Jan Seva Hi Prabhu Seva’ always inspired me;innermost instinct has always been to do something for others…there is a desire to do something or other for ppl. Working for others is what instilled a feeling of ‘Svantah Sukhaya’or self-fulfilment in me” PM- now chk video
This sort of affection is PM @narendramodi ‘s biggest achievement and strength- but it has come on the basis of work that he has done for the masses
It is not just poor but then see this video - he follows his words with real actions and goes that extra mile by his sheer action; reason why he has been able to earn and secure affection and belief in his leadership- read the excerpt of that interview!
Check this section where PM talked about empowering people- both in his intent and actions that commitment is clearly visible. It is just that people need to open their eyes and see to it on their own!
PMs politics- as he rightly said in his interview is NOT about using RajShakti but about leveraging RajShakti to empower and benefit JanShakti and that same JanShakti becomes @narendramodi’s biggest support base- reason why every abuse of him is seen by folks as his own abuse!
And that detachment allows him to pick the right criticism, work on it and then make it his biggest strength. Let me quote an ex of that- PM was hugely criticised for wearing a suit with Obama; not only he auctioned that suit but since then u will see him only in Indian outfits!
This alone is one reason that despite intense scrutiny, none of his detractors has been able to levy him on ONE allegation during his 20 years governance tenure- and the reason is in what PM @narendramodi said here 👇🏻
JanDhan, Digital opportunities create via Aadhar, Digital health mission, Ayushman etc etc are all about marrying these two- pro poor policies with pro business!
Something, I can vouch for- as someone who has written extensively on survey of India and GTS in the past, my long held belief was always that PM @narendramodi will help bring back the glory of Indian maps -
“This Digital Revolution is powered by people who were underestimated: pushcart vendors, small shopkeepers, samosa and chaiwallas” PM @narendramodi a check this and the video
PM has now undertaken a big task of making that much needed adjustment of connecting Indian state to its glorious civilisational past unlike one inherited and continued by Congress gotra people - Central Vista is one big example of that - Poorna parivartan by @narendramodi
“The biggest lesson from the Covid-19 fight is that India has an unparalleled ability to unite and a tremendous capacity to deliver when a need arises”
Since last year, @AjiHaaan and I have been tracking role of Germany and how it is meddling in Indian affairs. Consider few points and everything is verifiable:
1. Harsh Mander spent close to a year in Germany on the pretext of some study. 2. German State TV has been running propaganda against India and esp Modi govt for long. Infact DW has produced anti Modi documentaries. 3. Germany tried to meddle into Indian affairs several times - be it during farm law agitation or via its utterances on Kashmir when their FM shared stage with Bhutto. 4. And lastly, Dhruv Rathi is in Germany and is spearheading a propaganda against Indian govt. Simply impossible to do all that circular jacking up of video views to push his narrative without some agency support.
Note how this comparison of video views theme/narrative to determine popularity of leaders and journalist began last year and is single most criteria today to push this compromised man. Surely he is working for German agency!
Although Sir VSN wrote his famous book describing India as a wounded civilisation in 1977, but this is what he said in his 1998 interview - listen to each and every word and extrapolate it to our present- what we see today is exactly what he had said here- we r no longer in our religious shell, we are accepting the outer world and even wants to lead it. I wish he had been alive to see it happen today!
He was always unapologetic about 6 Dec 92 - more so than many Indians of his era.
Renaissance doesn’t come when people pretend that past is going on, it comes when people accept that past is over and things have to be understood - in short confronting and accepting the past!
Had he been alive today, VSN would have been one of the first to acknowledge the Renaissance but on our terms!
Real news story is that even NYT- that came down heavily on Indian Govt post raids on @newsclickin -found Govt investigations by @dir_ed so compelling that they went after investigating the real Neville Singham and are now shamelessly claiming something, India found out in 2021!
Another aspect of NYT expose on Neville Singham is the shameless way in which foreign funded activists like @ravishndtv defended @newsclickin then - hear him making fun of investigations - after all he is the beneficiary of same network!
@ravishndtv @newsclickin See for your self how shamelessly @sardesairajdeep @ashutosh83B @paranjoygt and Manini Chatterjee came out defending @newsclickin after raids - many other stooges turned up then at Press club. https://t.co/PbcD2bWIty
North East, like majority of India, during pre 2014 was most developed region of Ind with peaceful coexistence & best infra in the country. Ppl from NE were celebrated as Indians throughout- all thanks to golden rule of Cong- Nehru, Indira, Rajiv & Sonia and then 2014 happened!
It is other matter that the great Nehru Ji was forced to promulgate The Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Ordinance 1958 on 22 May 1958- later replaced by the Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Act, 1958 on 11 September 1958 to contain Naga rebellion!
BTW Nehru ji was in such love with region, that the territorial scope of the act was extended to 7 states of NE- Assam,Manipur,Meghalaya,Nagaland, Tripura,Arunachal Pradesh & Mizoram & "The Armed Forces (Assam & Manipur) Special Powers Act, 1958" became AFSPA, 1958. ❤️ feeling!
First phase of Kanvad mela is over and as per some estimates almost 4 crores Hindus have already collected Ganga Jal from Haridwar & have left for their respective shivalayas from the time mela started.
Do check this thread for some of the amazing stories from this kanvad mela!
Hinduism is not thriving coz of Ranganathans, Kulshreshthas & Saideepaks; it is thriving coz of crores of Hindus who, pursue faith for the love of it!
Street domination is imp; hence I won’t mind few tonnes of plastic garbage as I know that change will come as well!
To see this is so touching - this Bhole bhakt is carrying his parents as well along with Kanvad…. Faith is his biggest support and strength - such a profound celebration of dharma!