"Nitish Kumar's ego led to split."
Nand Kishore Yadav
"Nitish Kumar's ego led to split."
Nand Kishore Yadav
Narendra Modi was sworn in for his fourth term as Chief Minister of Gujarat last Wednesday to the horror of those Indians who have spent more than a decade portraying him as a demon. These include leftists of varying shades of pink, Muslim intellectuals of varying shades of fundamentalist Islam, social activists of varying causes and political analysts whose intellectual development appears to have stopped when the secularism versus communalism debate died a natural death. What unites this motley crew is a deep fear that if Modi does become Prime Minister in 2014, their dominance of the national discourse, their virtual monopoly on tickets to enter politics, high national awards, Government largesse and other forms of patronage like regular excursions to foreign lands will end. Let me explain in more detail.
The Congress, in its long decades at the helm of India’s destiny has cultivated a particular breed of ‘intellectual’ assiduously. Those who fit into the leftist, liberal, secular category have been given Rajya Sabha tickets, Padma awards and other prizes and have been rewarded with Government jobs and houses in Delhi. The Government of India has enormous powers of patronage and the Congress learned long ago to use them very effectively. So if you are a ‘sarkari’ intellectual, you could find yourself in charge of any one of a myriad cultural and social organisations that come with low salaries but high perks. So if for instance you became head of one of the Government’s literary or music academies you would be entitled to a nice bungalow in Lutyens’ Delhi and a car with a red light on it. If you failed to get one of these jobs you could be rewarded in other ways for your loyalty to the Gandhi family and the Congress ‘ideology’.
So I know many ‘intellectuals’ in Delhi who have been given Government grants for promoting things as diverse as the Urdu language and the environment. If you are well-connected enough, you might even be able to get more than one Government handout without any questions being asked. So you could be a patron of Urdu poetry and the editor of an ecology magazine at the same time.
If you are clever, then you should be able to extend your ‘expertise’ in Urdu or Sanskrit to land yourself a Doordarshan series on the history of these languages or some related subject and you would never need to do what most Indians consider a regular job. In my long years of covering politics and governance in Delhi, I have met retired bureaucrats, failed Bollywood actresses and filmmakers, socialites and relatives of successful politicians who have benefited from Government of India largesse in an extraordinary variety of ways. Nobody has ever questioned this largesse because in the brief moment that the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in Delhi it continued the practice because the very same ‘intellectuals’ that had lived for years on Government largesse switched political sides effortlessly and switched back to being Congress loyalists when the political fortunes of the BJP declined after 2004.
It may seem hard to believe if you are not from Delhi but trust me when I tell you that the same filmmakers, movie stars, writers, dancers, musicians, artists and other ‘intellectuals’ that thrive on Government of India largesse today were once in the inner circle of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Even the political analysts that today boast of their closeness to Sonia Gandhi were to be seen in those days waltzing in and out of the Vajpayee household as if their loyalty had always been to him. Why did he allow this? I have asked myself this question often and the only satisfactory answer that I have come up with is that the people who surrounded the BJP Government at the time were new to the foibles and fakery of Lutyens’ Delhi and did not see duplicity and chicanery even when it happened under their noses. By the time they understood what was happening the general election that put the BJP back on the Opposition benches in the Lok Sabha had come and gone.
What worries the ‘intellectuals’ of Lutyens’ Delhi is that Narendra Modi may not be as easy to seduce as Vajpayee was. He may find it easier to discern between cant and real culture and between courtiers and real loyalists and this would inevitably lead to a total overturning of the patronage applecart. So the demonisation of Modi has been a joint project on a scale that has been quite unprecedented in the political history of modern India. It would be fair to say that no Indian politician has been demonised in quite this way and usually because the measure by which he has been judged has not been applied to anyone else.
Whenever I have tried to argue that what Modi allowed to happen in Gujarat in 2002 was modelled on what Rajiv Gandhi allowed to happen with the Sikhs in 1984, I have hit an impenetrable wall. As recently as last month when my new book ‘Durbar’ came out I had a long conversation with a senior bureaucrat who tried to convince me that I was wrong in writing in the book that Rajiv had been complicit in the massacres of the Sikhs. “You must understand that he knew nothing of what was happening,” this gentleman argued, “You must understand that he was a political novice and did not know what was going on or he would never have allowed it.” When I reminded him of the famous ‘big tree falls, earth shakes’ speech, he changed the subject.
This is how it always is whenever Modi’s ‘crimes’ are discussed. The discussion simply ends and if you persist in trying to continue the argument then you get labelled. You get called a ‘Sonia-baiter’ or a ‘saffron supporter’ or that most evil of things in the eyes of the denizens of Lutyens’ Delhi — ‘anti-Muslim’. Well, we do not know what Modi will do if he does become Prime Minister. He may, like Vajpayee, do nothing at all to upset the applecart. But, for the moment his victory has sent such a shiver of fear along the spine of Lutyens’ Delhi that you can almost hear the sound of it rustling like a demonic wind through the corridors of intellectual and cultural power in this city.
Dushyant
December 30, 2012 at 10:06 am
Tavleen,
Another lovely shot. The 1984 anti-Sikh massacre was far worse than the Godhra backlash. Sikhi is from the essence of Indian culture, whereas the Wahabi perps of the Godhra train massacre (and various smaller incidents in Gujarat in the years leading up to that) are not. I am not condoning the narrow-minded terrorism of the Khalistani movement either, but it must be seen in the larger context of the reassertion of Dharmic identity in India (which is fundamentally inclusive). If “Moditva” succeeds at a national level, it marks a change in the dispensation, not just the executive government. It marks a new iteration from the British/Sultanate redux to a new historical iteration.
Ketan
January 9, 2013 at 12:38 pm
Tavleenji , must confess its brilliant !!
I am Gujarati but born and brought-up in Mumbai and we are Mumbai for more than 150 years but i have ancestral house at Vaodadra hence we visit every couple of years.
Due to Media report even i was blinded about Modi but in last few years have different opinion for great Modiji.
I am IT profession and i am firm believer no indian leader can beat Modi in his knowledge of technology !!
Vision of modi is world class and its like next generation vision.
My brother wanted to sell my ancestral property to buy house for him self in mumbai but 5 years back no one was giving good price and now scenario is completely changed and we are getting price which we can’t think of !!
Modi has really worked hard to make Gujarat what it is today !!
I want India to prosper and hope we get many more leader like Modiji!!
Jai Hindustani
December 30, 2012 at 10:38 am
Dear Madam,
This is a very nice article indeed. It gives very practical answer to who are propagating the false allegations against NaMo and why. I was always curious about the sources of such propaganda and their incentives for doing so. Your article gives an important hint on it. You have exposed the hollowness of the brains of these armchair analysts and intellectuals. The blog below gives a very objective analysis of the congress party’s notorious dynastic rule and how it has resulted in the country’s poor performance. This blog is by two professors from MIT and Harvard who coauthored the book Why Nations Fail.
http://whynationsfail.com/blog/2012/11/2/china-india-and-all-that.html
If anyone else was in NaMo’s position, he would have been erased from public memory by now. But he has withstood all the attacks and used them to his advantage to gain grounds. Kudos to him and also to the proud Gujaratis. After reading the article below, I was aghast at the moral depth to which journalists can fall:
http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/emperor-uncrowned?page=0,0
It is full of propaganda against NaMo, and every action of his is given a wrong interpretation. If this is a typical sample in national media, even international media is not far behind.
So if NaMo continues his journey to the PM post and finally achieves it, it will herald a new beginning in Indian politics. It will show the advent of powerful social media, where no false propaganda can be maintained for long. It will show these armchair analysts their rightful place, which is to be out of their a.c rooms. I am waiting for that day to come.
Brig Virender Singh Ruhil
January 1, 2013 at 8:21 pm
Madam,
I think there are important people in his own Party, in delhi who do not want Modi to scuttle their chances. The BJP seems to be just as corrupt. It is even more shaky as proved by the most Corrupt politician down south. I also suspect that the BJP has some underhand dealings with the very people they pretend to fight. Even Nitish is merely a front for the BJP resistance to Modi. Some parties celebrate whenever the US wrongs Modi. What are the credentials of US, yheir hands are soiled with blood from all corners of the world; Modi, by comparison, is a saint. I believe one day US will be forced to talk to Modi.
Praveen
December 30, 2012 at 11:35 am
No wonder why these so called intellectuals hold the tail of the winning bull. They don’t have a stand but need to fulfill their own agendas and be in the limelight. Shame on the mass media who call these intellectuals for their sound bites whereas they have to be exposed. Modi is our only hope.
Pathak Utpal
December 30, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Tavleen Singh Ji, “Finding a Needle from a cotton stock” – the article praising NaMo realistically like this are seen in such a rarity for a decade now. Thank you!
Gourav
December 30, 2012 at 1:22 pm
Lovely article Mr Singh. It’s so true, that Mr modi had been criticized everywhere for the small little things that he does. He has become the butt of criticisms by these so called intellectuals; but now when Modi is the front runner to being the PM, these bureaucrats are already feeling a chill down their scammy spine which has nothing to do with the chill around this time of the year in the capital.
Zero
December 30, 2012 at 1:53 pm
Hits the nail on the head.
rahulArmy
December 30, 2012 at 2:23 pm
very ture…and i think this the same reason why some right-wing intelectuals are not allowed to voice their opinion in TV debates..
rvrbreeze
December 30, 2012 at 3:10 pm
So, according to you, Modi is as complicit as Rajiv. After a decade of court cases, commissions of enquiry and all-round villification of Modi, you must be a special case to reach this conclusion.Hi-fi society will do that for you.
Rajan
December 30, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Wow! What a great piece. You could articulate so well. Yes, only future can vindicate what Modi can or cannot do, but the very fact that even muslim dominated areas in Gujarat voted predominantly
Sundara Rajan
December 30, 2012 at 6:06 pm
Thanks for the insights of what is happening in Delhi Power Circle. Rightly, Modi calls it as Delhi Sultanat. If Modi is going to Centre, he shall consider shifting capital out of Delhi.
Anindya Kumar Chaudhuri (A Hindu)
December 30, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Lovely, lovely article. Mr Modi is apparently right in what he did, because it was pretty much the same as that what Mr Rajiv Gandhi allowed Hindus (Indians) to do to the Sikhs (Again, Indians).
Since Mr Rajiv Gandhi was complicit (He was) in the killings of Sikhs to occur, therefore Mr Modi is well within his rights to allow the killing of Muslims (Indians, by the way)to happen.
Once all the non-Hindus have been butchered, Ms Singh, you will find that a man like Mr Modi will come after the likes of you and me (Hindus, of varying castes). You are a fool to believe otherwise.
Have you heard of Adolf Hitler? Strangely, starkly similar.
Recommended reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Reich_Trilogy
PUKKA DESI
December 30, 2012 at 11:02 pm
YOU MISSED A VITAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TOILING MASS LEADER, WHO BREATHE INDIA AND THE ELITE POWER MONGER, WHO HAD HAD ALL THE RICHES OF INDIA ON PLATTER…….YOU MISSED BOFORS…..ALAS! YOU WONT FIND ANYTHING AS SUCH ABOUT MODI….
run Kumar
December 31, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Utter crap. You have no idea what you talking about except your bias.
Bappa Chowdhury
January 1, 2013 at 10:13 am
Dude, He has now been the CM of Gujarat for more than a decade – what community did he wipe out? His muslim voting % has increased in every election. It seems you like the idea of spreading fear – well, for real Hindus the favorite word is fearless, it is only in Abrahamic faiths one finds them pandering to fear. So, are you sure you are a Hindu?
We have seen this idea of selling fear before, most lately by George Bush for Iraq when Condoleeza Rice talked about the mushroom cloud to signify the presence of WMDs. After more than a decade, no WMDs have been found and now here you are selling the same sort of fear shamelessly. Let me reply by another famous GW comment – ‘Bring it on!’
Dharmic Techie
January 14, 2013 at 10:20 am
haha!! when logic reason and facts fail you, compare everything with nazism or fascism… a rule of thumb for internet discussion it seems. idiot.
Kes
December 30, 2012 at 7:08 pm
History will realize that the maximum damage to BJP / nationalism was caused by none other than Vajpayee. Forget Kandahar, Kargil and 100 other blunders of his. His biggest failure was that he sat in the opposition for 40 years. That means for 40 years he wasnt able to provide a viable alternative to the governing party. And finally when he became a PM, he was quick to discard the Hindus who elected him to office in the first place.
Sayan Sen
December 30, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Tavleen madam has pierced the ‘intellectual’ bubble of the Delhi courtiers. Shame on these pseudo-secular pseudo-liberal pseudo-intellectuals!!Even their loyalty to Nehru-Gandhi loyalty (their mainstay or roti-rozi) is ‘pseudo’ as shown in Vajpayee rule.While Vajpayee was an Establishment figure (hence loved by Barkha Dutt et al), Modi is a right-wing radical (hence loathed by Barkha et al).These intellectuals and their media bosses know very well Modi can’t be manipulated. Unlike Vajpayee, Modi doesn’t have a son-in-law!!:)
Abhishek
December 30, 2012 at 10:33 pm
Personally,I don’t like this author but must accept that Tavleen has been honest & consistent with her stand.Her insights into Delhi power corridors is a privilege for readers as she can articulate their thoughts & fears easily.
So fear of these intellectual vultures is justified. Modi may not give them their pound of flesh to feast on. Interesting times ahead…so let’s wait and watch…
PUKKA DESI
December 30, 2012 at 10:58 pm
DID YOU SEE OWAISI’S TREASON?????
WHAT SICKULARS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT?????????
Riya
December 31, 2012 at 12:07 am
This article is an eye opener to most of us who get surprised why ‘intellectuals’ from different different fields have a common thing and that is–HATRED TOWARDS NaMo.
Hats off to the author.
Shankar
December 31, 2012 at 9:27 am
Spot on !! The issue with the so called ” intellectuals” criticising Modi is that they look at Modi only through the prism of the 2002 riots and ignore evertyhing else – his sucesses and failures post 2002 . In the same light would they view Nehru’s contribution only from the point of view of 1962 debacle? Or Indira Gandhi through Emergency ? Rajiv Gandhi for 1984 anti Sikh riots and Bofors cases . All the other leaders are analysed more objectively , their sucesses and failures discussed , but in Modi’s case it just starts and stops with 2002 riots . Evene if we grant that 2002 riots were a colossal failure on Modi’s part , doesn’t he have any sucess or failure after that ?
DesTex
December 31, 2012 at 10:10 am
Tavleen-ji,
Great article. You tell it like it is and I am a big fan. Please continue speaking truth to power.
Tathagata Roy
December 31, 2012 at 4:20 pm
But Modi and his supporters must realize that the “Lutyens’ Delhi gang” must be tackled and vanquished. And this is impossible with the powerful subservient media that the gang and their patrons have and Modi or his party don’t. Therefore, there must be at least one TV news channel and one paper each in Hindi and English to mount a counteroffensive on the gang. ‘Mitrokhin Archive’, the story of a defector from KGB, tells us that the KGB had planted some 15,000 articles in newspapers in different languages across the length and breadth of India in support of Indira Gandhi in the 1972 elections. Imagine the money that had been paid to the media! Is it possible to fight this force without a single TV channel supporting Modi?
gdc
March 2, 2013 at 12:59 pm
True, nobody seems to be promoting Mody, except people like you and me. Not even BJP. Do you even know of any TV Channel highlighting BJP? The problem is (1) BJP is not united — no single leader enjoying the loyalty of the cadres. and (2) Congress advantage is the Gandhi name, which, unfortunately, very fortunately, confers it a legitimacy in the eyes our vast Indian majority, which did not have the advantage of English language (but not western liberalism) thrust upon us by Macauley.
Modi’s emergence is a bright hope on the horizon, who inspires hope of being able to tackle both these problems.
allwyn
December 31, 2012 at 4:30 pm
“Whenever I have tried to argue that what Modi allowed to happen in Gujarat in 2002 was modelled on what Rajiv Gandhi allowed to happen with the Sikhs in 1984″
isn’t that a very weak argument and when seen through logic makes BJP and modi look even more bad – rajeev allowed killings so we did too. Similar to how MMS went once “the opposition too has many skeletons in the cupboard” nonsense of his. I beg the modi fans(me not one) and modi himself to fight this war against the CONgress on reforms field armed with ECONOMIC FREEDOM, FREE MARKETS, MINIMUM GOVERNMENT etc. and not “you did, and so I did we’re both the same”.
Kujad Jani
December 31, 2012 at 8:03 pm
Tavleen;
Great job! You hit the nail “where it hurts.”
These hypocrites are more like political prostitutes selling their principles and self respect for a few crumbs of bread. Their act will not change even if (God forbid) Delhi(India) is ruled by Pakistan, China or Italy.
Shriram Ashwathanarayana
January 2, 2013 at 6:59 pm
My appreciation and liking for Tavleen Singh is an upward graph since some time now.
STRONG WOMAN AND JAI HO to that
Lavasa Lover
January 3, 2013 at 12:19 am
What a nice way to lick Modi’s boots just in case he becomes PM. Don’t worry madam, he will let them build Lavasa after reading this.
Pratap
January 4, 2013 at 10:41 am
What a douchebag U are Lavasa guy …
try to be rational , and start thinking..
g n parmar
January 5, 2013 at 10:44 am
India awaits to soon recoverng from the slumbe to which congress and so called hired intelligentias, including people like ex time editor/s padgokar/s, hv adminstrated poisons into psyche in the name of secularasim. These people now shd get ready for bull fight, as it coming , many b too soon, definitely on the way.
Dr CP Joshi Brig Retd
January 5, 2013 at 3:05 pm
The best intelligent dissection of pseudo intellectuals of Lutens Delhi . Congrets Tavleen and thanks.
Shiva
January 5, 2013 at 7:04 pm
Tavleen Singh has thoroughly exposed the “intellectuals” nurtured by the Congress from the Nehu era. Remember the total monopoly of JNU in all discussions on national topics broadcast by AIR. Think God, the listeners now have wide choice of private TV channels . Why only pillory the “intellectuals” ? What about the hundreds of journalists who enjoy Government largesse? It is nauseating to hear day in day out te ravings and ranting a against Modi . The English media , particularly the three big TV channels, spend so much time and energy to show Modi as Demon incarnate that rational analysts who may not look at Modi with ” secular blinkers” are ridiculed and shouted out of the debate by the anchors
decaharry
January 7, 2013 at 11:45 am
Congratulations Tavleen,
You have done a well as a “Column Incher”.(These are people who make a living by writing column inches and us unsuspecting persons feel that they have the pulse of the people.)
What the Congress has done is efficiently-marginalised this pocket of people who should have formed the nucleus of the middle class in the 50′s 60′s and 70′s to leave a gaping hole resulting in us being in the looking forward to the next paycheck and watching Doordarshan syndrome.
Atal Bihari was a moderate and could not be bothered with such issues. No 75 year old ever wants to rock a boat. He has seen too many full moons for that.
Call them pseudo-intellectuals if you will, but they well understood which side of the bread to butter. Just like most of us. This is nothing but a Saas-Bahu serial in the political circles. Nudge, displace, manuoevre and get your job done.
Good for you Tavleen, but a waste of our time.
Dr Saradindu Mukherji
January 7, 2013 at 5:31 pm
These “intellectuals” are also mostly semi-educated, and many of them are hereditary “intellectuals” in whose case merit just does not matter -only connection matters.
A quick look at the favours bestowed on such “intellectuals” during the NDA regime like Girish Karnad, being made the Director of Nehru Centre in London would confirm the way the cultural-nationalists had helped this lot, and finished off its own genuine supporters.
One common factor which unites all of them is their rabid hatred for Hindus, firm commitment to pan Islamic expansionism and jihad. They also happen to be favourities of some international organisations and well known universities abroad.
Chandra Nath
January 8, 2013 at 12:43 pm
If Modi is not amenable to praise of the courtiers, which most of the Kings are, it is a good thing.( A courtier is a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.[1] Historically the court was the centre of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and social and political life were often completely mixed together.)
If courtiers would feel uncomfortable under Modi, that in no way is a certificate in support of Modi.
Further, that does not make him great. What minimum things make a leader acceptable is not that. It is how he protects the life, liberty and property of the weakest amongst “we the people” .
The article by Tavleen Singh should NOT be considered an endorsement of Modi. It is only an analysis of how courtiers of the palalces in Delhi have come to grab privileges of the palace.
If it is read as an endorsement of Modi and his acceptability or suitability as a leader, we are not reading the article critically.
How “the courtiers will soon ‘change tunes’, as they did when Vajpayee became the PM! ” is again not a validation of Modi’s greatness. It is a comment of the nature of courtiers.
Critical Thinking
January 9, 2013 at 10:19 am
You are right Mr Chandra Nath. None of the arguments validates that NM is the best leader.
However, given the choices we have, he may be the best option. You can apply your criteria of protecting the weakest amongst “we the people” to validate this. Moreover, I do not even see any other real leader amongst the current crop of politicians.
There is also another aspect to this. In different times, different types of leaders are required. From my perspective, Modi is the kind of leader required for today’s India. A leader like Jawahar Lal Nehru may not suit the current situation.
vasanth patel
February 5, 2013 at 4:23 pm
mr. chandra nath,as you are saying the column of tavleen sings does not validate mr .modi,the same case applies to you.since each of us have been following the false propoganda of these so called intelectuals and making an opinion from them.i m sure you yourself have the same bias towards modi by listening or just blindly following them.that is what tavleen seem to be saying the reason behind such a vilification of a person as if he is the first person to oversee riots,never giving due even for good work.the whole of the media is serving us lies for their own interests.
kittunreddy
January 10, 2013 at 6:08 am
Excellent article; very perceptive.Congratulations
Arvind Lavakare
January 10, 2013 at 12:01 pm
With Modi’s nomination as BJP’s PM candidate uncertain, with the 2014 general elections over a year away, and with great doubts about BJP returning a sufficient number of MPs in those polls, it’s to lead the national government, it is comical that Tavleen Singh should be writing on the so-called fears of certain sections of people over Modi becoming PM.. What’s more, she doesn’t even bother to tell us just what are the qualities that make these sections afraid of Modi the PM. Yet, Tavleen keeps on reminding us ever so often that she has been in journalism for three decades or whatever. I repeat, niticentral, that you have latched on to a loose cannon columnist who’s taking your readers for a ride.
Wg Cdr N.Nandakumar(Retd)
January 11, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Good show. I personally welcome more of such articles for the simple reason that I want Modi(not necessarily BJP) to take over the leadership of modern India.We are at present ruled by just one person (or party).We dont lose any thing at all by making another (more efficient and dymnamic person and an Indian to take us forward. That I consider is the safest bet .
Any way the only persons fooled in Indian democracy is the “aam janta”".They have nothing to lose if ‘X’,or any party rules, loots , rapes and kills or Modi rules and builds with an iron hand .
Jai Hind
Wg Cdr N.Nandakumar(Retd)
Jai hind
Vibrant India
January 14, 2013 at 9:58 am
Madamjee,
Truth is unpalatable to all those who lives on untruths.The pseudo- secularists,Left libs,Communists,Colonial inded congress think tank don’t appreciate your article but whole of india watches what is going on and what is appropriate.If the things would have been so easy the Anna Arvind andev would not have succeeded in creating awareness among all people.
There is a saying”Jab julm ki inteha hoti hai to jaljale aat hain” and that is being perceived now and we see that the coward govt created a situation where in every and each citizen voter of india is not angry but also aggrieved and strong to teach this corrupt autocratic over confident arrogant coward and impotent govt a strong lesson.
S R Wakankar
January 14, 2013 at 2:22 pm
Madamji: apne bahut badhiya lekh likha hai.maza aa gaya.yah secularism nahin chalega/iske baje bajne wale hain.
yah kaisa secularism hai jismen namaz allowed hai lekin puja allowed nahin hai? muslim lig allowed hai lekin hindu ki bat karna allowed nahin hai.
mere ek dost ajkal kahte hain ki congres bilkul muslim lig hi ban gayi hai.
soniaji pichhle 15 salon se president bani baithi hain.aisa ajuba congres ki history men pahle kabhi nahin hua. ramchandra guha ne bilkul thik likha hai ki congres ek parivar ki family-firm ban kar rah gayi hai. sab punchh hila rahe hain aur rahul-nam ki mala jap rahe hain.
modi hi “asha ki kiran” hai”-”aman ki asha”. kitna badnam kiya bechhare ko, khamkhah. koi matlab nahin.lekin janta ne nahin mana, tisri bar chun diya. dilli durbar ki naak kat gayi. ab inki naak dilli men bhi katne wali hai.
Nusrat Siddiqui
January 14, 2013 at 10:56 pm
I really like this article by Tavleen Ma’am and agree 100% with her. More power to you, NitiCentral !!!
vasanth patel
February 5, 2013 at 4:06 pm
i always follwed your columns ms tavleen singh right from the days of india today.i accidentaly saw this article.you are bang on target here.i alwasy felt why this intellectuals hted namo so much when he is not the first CM who oversay riots.they never find a good thing about him even when people of gujrat repeatedly voted him to power.theie hatred was clearly seen during the recent assembly elections like crystal.nothing but a false propoganda.the future historians would surely discuss the current false propoganda against modi as the biggest conspiracy in independent india.
Ajay
March 14, 2013 at 6:02 am
I consider myself quite lucky on having stumbled on to Niticentral and the articles of Tavleen Singh. You are finally putting into words the thoughts in peoples’ minds and the questions that have been lingering around for long. Good on you Niticentral and Tavleen Singh for taking the bull by its horns.
sekar
March 28, 2013 at 10:34 pm
Modi urgently needs a pro-poor image to get across all sections of the people, which alone can catapult him to PM. Take a cue from the Congress. Promises to poor, proximity to the rich is the ideal tactics of winning the elections and remaining in power!
yogesh Pandey
April 29, 2013 at 4:01 pm
Nice line….”Promises to poor, proximity to the rich is the ideal tactics of winning the elections and remaining in power!”
Sukhwant Singh
April 14, 2013 at 7:46 am
You couldn’t be further from the truth. These pseudo people not only abound in Delhi ma’am but all over India wherever power and money exist. From petty level Govt servants to people who represent the judiciary we have a failed lot. Extremly dangerous for the Country
Yogesh Pandey
April 29, 2013 at 3:57 pm
I mean a slap on the face of those so-called intellectuals.. Nicely penned, to the point…
Bharatian
June 7, 2013 at 7:47 am
You are one of the freedom fighters of present ensalved India