Monday, August 19, 2013

vox populi: Modi, the voice of the people




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From: Vijay Rajiva
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Subject: Fw: Modi, the voice of the people




It was Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi who pointed out that Shri Narendra Modi is the voice of the people.

In a discussion of Shri Narendra Modi's speech on Independence Day(CNNIBN)there were 3 participants : Siddharth Varadarajan ( Editor of The Hindu), Shiv Viswanathan (sociologist) and Swapan Das Gupta (senior journalist). Both Varadarajan and Viswanathan took Modi to task for not being top drawer. That is, ofcourse, a colonial style viewpoint which saw anyone who is not 'classy' as not having 'form.'

Swapan Das Gupta focussed on the substantive merits of the Modi speech (READ MORE).

VR








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