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Oct 31, 2021 8 tweets 8 min read Read on X
If the photograph of PM @narendramodi with @Pontifex Pope Francis at Vatican 'warms' the heart of @PritishNandy , what happened next would, I think, melt his heart. That apart, catholicity, both in liturgical and broader sense, as Pritish Babu would know, abhors closed minds. n1
Catholicity, as @PritishNandy would agree, challenges false presumptions -- for example, PM @narendramodi not meeting Muslim and Sikh spiritual leaders. Pritish Babu's presumptive assertion is patently false.
Here's PM Modi with head granthi of Golden Temple and at a gurdwara. n2
Catholicity, as @PritishNandy knows, rejects the assertion of beliefs that are not only false but also unethical -- for instance, Pritish Babu's claim that PM @narendramodi has not met Muslim spiritual leaders. That may excite ignorant lefties and libbies, but it is untrue. n3
And @PritishNandy since we are on the non-liturgical spirit of catholicity, PM @narendramodi regularly meets spiritual leaders of all communities -- for instance, Jains. n4
Before you say, what about Buddhists and Parsis, @PritishNandy, here's PM @narendramodi meeting Buddhist and Parsi spiritual leaders. You see, he is the Prime Minister of India, though you (like all libbies and lefties) rarely if ever acknowledge this fact. n5
While @PritishNandy is free to spin the wheel of untruth, PM @narendramodi lives by, shall we say, Atul Prasad Sen's famous song which I'm sure he would have heard while growing up in Kolkata:
'Be firm in your faith, be courageous in action.'
Libbies and lefties won't get it.
n6
For the benefit of @PritishNandy and fellow libbies and lefties, here is Atul Prasad's song. What Pritish Babu does not get is the rise of India with PM @narendramodi at the helm of this great nation. He should try more catholicity in letter and spirit.
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Here are the lyrics translated into English for those who do not follow Bangla. As I said, libbies and lefties just don’t get the rise of #India helmed by PM @narendramodi

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Jan 9
“राम मंदिर निर्माण की यह प्रक्रिया राष्ट्र को जोड़ने का उपक्रम है। यह महोत्सव है… नर को नारायण से जोड़ने का, लोगों को आस्था से जोड़ने का, अतीत को वर्तमान से जोड़ने का, और, स्व को संस्कार से जोड़ने का।”
~ प्रधान मंत्री @narendramodi
One of the phrases used by some of us ESP during the #Ayodhya Movement was:

‘Past imperfect, future tense.’
How would one translate the popular slogan, heard everywhere during the #Ayodhya Movement, ‘Garv se kaho hum Hindu hain’ into English for the benefit of the ESP and the grammar nazis who read The Statesman?

‘Hindu, and proud to be.’
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Jan 8
What is the real nature of the recovery of #India 's economy laid low by the #COVID19 pandemic? Where does #Bharat stand in the post-pandemic world? Are carping critics and Cassandras right? Or should they simply zip their lips and sit tight?
Here is a🧵on the latest State Bank of India Research Report, Debunking K-Shaped Recovery, released on 8 January 2024.
[Text is directly quoted from the report.}
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>Consumption of the bottom 90% of the population has increased by Rs 8.2 trillion post-pandemic;

>Income inequality has declined significantly from 0.472 TO 0.402 during FY14-FY22;

>36.3% of taxpayers has moved from lower income to higher income tax bracket;

>This has resulted in 21.3% additional income;

>19.5% of small firms have transitioned into larger firms through MSME value chain integration;

>15% are women taxpayers:

>20 million urban family members are consuming food through Zomato from semi-urban area.

E2.
❑The oft repeated conundrum debating a K-shaped recovery post-pandemic seems at best flawed, incomplete, ill-concocted analysis and fanning interests of select quarters to whom India’s remarkable ascendance, signaling more the renaissance of the new global south, is perhaps unpalatable.

E3.
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Dec 31, 2023
A 🧵on twenty-three special 'Modi Moments' from 2023 which has been a great year for #India helmed by Prime Minister @narendramodi and inspired by his extraordinary leadership.

PM Modi hugs ISRO Chairman S Somanath after the successful landing of #Chandrayaan3
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Prime Minister Modi takes a selfie with a divyang karyakarta of the BJP in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

#ModiMoment 2 Image
Prime Minister Modi interacting with young citizens aboard a Vande Bharat Express.

#ModiMoment 3 Image
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Dec 30, 2023
“I take all my decisions through the
prism of Nation First… When I start something, I know the end point, but I never announce the blueprint. I work on a big canvas.”

~ Prime Minister @narendramodi in his interview to @IndiaToday

🧵10 Big Things Modi Ji said:
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“India’s rapid ascent in 2023 has been very important as it sets the tone in our journey to Viksit Bharat. We’ve unleashed the latent potential of our nation.“

~ Prime Minister @narendramodi in his interview to @IndiaToday
n2
“Despite two years of a once-in-a-century pandemic and global conflicts disrupting global value chains and even causing recessionary pressures across the world, #India has shown remarkable resilience.”

~ Prime Minister @narendramodi in his interview to @IndiaToday
n3
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Sep 8, 2023
𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝟐𝟎 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐦!

Various exhibitions are being set up at Bharat Mandapam for the #G20Summit to showcase #India ’s technological prowess and innovation. These exhibitions will offer a multitude of unique experiences for visitors to Bharat.

Read on for details…

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Culture Corridor

Bharat Mandapam, the venue for the G20 summit, will showcase a unique international project - ‘Culture Corridor - G20 Digital Museum’. The culture corridor will represent and celebrate the shared heritage of G20 members and invitee countries. It will incorporate iconic and notable cultural objects and heritage of the G20 members and 9 invitee countries.

This Culture Corridor will serve as a powerful platform for promoting understanding and appreciation of diverse cultural expressions, for knowledge sharing, inclusivity, and equality, and for fostering a sense of shared identity.

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Digital India Experience Zone

Digital India Experience Zone, being set up in Hall 4 and Hall 14, will offer visitors a unique opportunity to experience the power of technology being implemented by India first-hand. The Zone will provide key insights into the crucial initiatives of Digital India. Initiatives being showcased include Aadhaar, DigiLocker, UPI, eSanjeevani, DIKSHA, Bhashini, ONDC, Ask GITA.

Ask GITA - Guidance, Inspiration, Transformation, and Action - combines the ancient wisdom of Bhagavad Gita with cutting-edge AI technology.

The Zone will also include MyGov, CoWIN, UMANG, JanDhan, e NAM, GSTN, FastTag and other such initiatives of the government.

n3
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Aug 11, 2023
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It was stupid of Congress to think its terrible record of handling issues pertaining to North-East would not be recalled during Opposition’s #NoConfidenceMotion against Modi Government.
Unless, of course, Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, et al were blissfully ignorant.
n1
For example, PM @narendramodi , in his reply to the #NoConfidenceMotion mentioned how Indira Gandhi had ordered IAF to strafe and bomb Mizo villages in undivided Assam in March 1966. The ostensible reason was to put down a Mizo ‘rebellion’. That was only a quarter story.
n2
There was terrible famine and hunger in Mizo areas following ‘Mautam’ — flowering of bamboo and invasion by rats every 50-odd years — in 1958-59.
PM Nehru was too busy windbagging on global issues and with China to notice hunger and starvation deaths at home in Mizo villages.
n3
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