An Open Letter to Mr Narendra Modi

Dear Modiji,

I am one of your many admirers who believe that the time has come for India to get a leader who is progressive, people-centric and passionate about while bringing constructive change in a system that currently seems to be broken and ineffective. I have heard you on many important forums and believe in your speeches of minimum government and maximum governance, Pro People Good Governance and concepts of Skill-Scale-Speed. I believe much of India would like to continue this discourse.

However, lately, going by your interviews, the discussion seems to be changing. The focus has shifted from issues plaguing India: Corruption, price rise and ineffective governance to contentious issues of Hindutva. Your credentials as a strong Hindu leader cannot be doubted, but India is coexisting peacefully with many cultures and religions. So please refrain from these utterances. I know many of strong right wing supporters would like to pursue this agenda but there is a silent majority who would like you to keep the focus on what changes you can bring through governance rather than assertion by religious hues. Also, utterances from your party chief about English as a medium of communication being bad influence on India, puts BJP in a bad spotlight.

I am aware that there is a hostile media out there which is ready to misinterpret any of your words. A government in opposition that is ready to attack on any of your claims. Activists who will criticize you in spite of any good work you do. However there is a majority of us who are willing to give you a chance to bring change in this glorious country of ours. Please stay true to the course of progressive discussion on “Ek Bharat Shresth Bharat” and I am sure that you will win hearts of the people.

Right Thinker

I am what you might call a center right wing sympathizer. However, I also have leftist secular views, so it won’t be exactly fair to paint myself as a right thinking supporter. Unfortunately in India, being a right wing sympathizer is like going against the norm, breaking tradition, or worst swimming with sharks. The notion that a person believing right minded principles is loud, aggressive and believed to support the principle of majoritarian authority has permeated into the intellectual class of our country. These views are defined by much of the political analysts and commentators in media who believe that they have the moral right of identifying the attributes of a right based political thinker in our country. Nauseating debates, which focus on the fake political ideology of secular vs communal, paint a bleak picture for rightist support in the media or otherwise the buzzing social media in India.

Half Full or Half Empty?

The recently concluded Gujarat elections was monumental in the sense that the media coverage and the attention that it has received from the pseudo secular liberals of our country. The grand BJP victory, attributed to the personality cult of Narendra Modi, was a thumping win that triggered a potent debate amongst the political establishment whether majoritarian politics is the decisive democratic fact or a populist notion that threatens the inclusive growth of all strata of human society. The argument pursued the view of whether Modi will ensure that the “development” agenda reaches the growth of the minority community or will he covertly pursue the right wing ideology to convert Gujarat, which apparently is now referred to as experimental Hindutva laboratory, into a full blown saffron state based on the mandate he has received from the recently concluded elections. 

The political apathy that I had once harboured in my younger days have now been replaced with the need to engage in intellectual and fulfilling discourse about responsible governance in public administration that can bring systemic change in a lethargic but developing India. It is in this view that I see Modi as an able administrator who through his leadership style, governance track record and his corruption free image can help India leap into the next century as a beacon of sustainable development in a trying global economy.  

Kālidāsa and his renowned works.

Links to Kumārasambhava, an epic Sanskrit poem, which is an example of Kāvya poetry

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sha/sha16.htm

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Images of Gods and Demi Gods!

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