TIME magazine cover features Modi with headline ‘India’s Divider In Chief'

[Shane]

bohat ghussa chupaye phirte hain aap or masoom yahoodis get the blame

tauba tauba

Ghussa Haram hay...han magar Yahodanain halal hoti hain...kyun masoom jano ko blame game maen ghaseet'tay ho bhai

 

[El Sidd]

Ghussa Haram hay...han magar Yahodanain halal hoti hain...kyun masoom jano ko blame game maen ghaseet'tay ho bhai

meri majaals

 

[Pubg1]

• Excellent article by the mother of this time mag columnist. She has put in words what a average educated Indian feels about modi, warts and all, and his coverage by British media.
• Cant link it for some reason.
• "Most foreign correspondents see India through the lens of a Delhi drawing room

Modi has brought with him some very nasty Hindutva leaders, and if he wins again, he should get rid of them. But, he has also given a voice to Indians who do not speak a word of English and who have never put a foot in those rarefied spaces where India’s levers of political power exist.
Tavleen Singh |Updated: May 5, 2019 7:28:18

PM Modi is seen wearing traditional headgear during state visits.
When Narendra Modi has made mistakes, this column never hesitated to point them out. There have been big mistakes in the past five years. In my short list, I would put demonetisation at the top. His next big mistake was to remain silent when rabid gangs of cow vigilantes attacked and killed Muslims and Dalits. At number three in my list comes his change of economic direction, because he was taunted by Rahul Gandhi with running a government for the suited and booted. This veering off course and returning to the ‘socialist’ path set by our Imperial Dynasty was probably his biggest mistake. Private investment dried up, as did jobs, and this may have been the objective of the taunt in the first place.

But under Modi, many things have also changed for the better. At the top of this list is Swachh Bharat. It is a formidable achievement that in five years, sanitation in rural India has gone from less than 40 per cent to more than 90 per cent. In this period, he has also dragged India into the digital age. Forcing nearly every Indian to open a bank account is another huge achievement. It is because of this that rural corruption has come down since beneficiaries of government welfare schemes now get money transferred directly into their bank accounts.
There has also been a political upheaval. That tiny group of entitled heirs who once controlled all the levers of power from Lutyens Delhi are now threatened by people who are more representative of the real India. Of course, there is much, much more to be done. But it is important to remember that Modi inherited a country that was in such bad shape that most of India continues to resemble a vast, hideous slum. He should have done more to introduce planned urbanisation, and more to bring sanitary living conditions to our squalid urban settlements. But he cannot be denied credit for drawing attention to these unsightly flaws. If India’s impatient, aspirational voters feel that he has not been a good enough prime minister, then he will be voted out in two weeks.

This will happen without The Economist’s advice to Indians to throw him out because he is ‘despicable’ and ‘dangerous’. This British newspaper endorsed the Congress party in 2014 as well. But what really annoyed me about the leader it published last week was that the writer seemed ignorant of events that happened in India before Modi. If this were not true, he would never have dared suggest that the Congress party deserved India’s votes as it did not ‘set Indians at each other’s throats’. You do not need to delve deep into history books to discover just how many times the Congress party did this. Google will do the job.
The other astonishingly ignorant bit of analysis was of Modi’s Kashmir policy. The Valley has been in turmoil for more than three years now. But, it was not because of Modi that the movement for ‘azaadi’ changed into a movement for the creation of an Islamic state. It was the killing of Burhan Wani that began the turmoil. And Wani had made it clear in all his videotaped messages that his struggle would end only when Islamic law was imposed in the Valley. The Economist may believe this to be a worthy cause, but most Indians do not.

One of the reasons for the ugly, belligerent Hindutva we see today in too many parts of India is because of the ugly, warped secularism that parties like the Congress have preached and practised for too long. When an Indian prime minister says that Muslims have the first right to India’s resources, it is not just sick but provocative. When a senior Congress leader tries to blame 26/11 on the RSS, it is truly wicked.

As someone who worked for many years for a British newspaper, I need to add that this experience taught me that most foreign correspondents see India through the lens of a Delhi drawing room. It also taught me that foreign correspondents are more comfortable when the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty rules because they can at least talk to them in English. And, also because they are westernised enough for westerners to not think of them as natives.
Modi has brought with him some very nasty Hindutva leaders, and if he wins again, he should get rid of them. But, he has also given a voice to Indians who do not speak a word of English and who have never put a foot in those rarefied spaces where India’s levers of political power exist. This is a very good thing for India because it deepens the roots of democracy and weakens the roots of dynastic succession. It may not be a good thing for The Economist. The new genre of Indian politicians has probably never heard of this magazine."

 

[Chhatrapati]

Everything is a matter of time.. that NGS change positions change.

LOL! Look boi, if we ever become fundamentalist country, (otoh it will never happen) everything will still be normal. A country's political view was never holded against it in the past. Be it in case of China or Russia or KSA. Because at the end of the day, Money talks and BS walks.

 

[Andhadhun]

LOL! Look boi, if we ever become fundamentalist country, (otoh it will never happen) everything will still be normal. A country's political view was never holded against it in the past. Be it in case of China or Russia or KSA. Because at the end of the day, Money talks and BS walks.

To become Hindu fundamentalist means to go back to Hindu fundamentals.

So what are the Hindu Fundamentals ?

 

[Shane]

Time magazine has featured Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its cover for May 20, 2019 with headline that reads: 'India's Divider in Chief".

"Under Modi govt, minorities of every stripe – from liberals and lower castes to Muslims and Christians – have come under assault, India is "more divided than ever,"the cover story “Can the World’s Largest Democracy Endure Another Five Years of a Modi Government?” by journalist Aatish Taseer reads.

Highlighting the rising populism in democracies like Turkey, Brazil, Britain, the US and India, Taseer writes , “Of the great democracies to fall to populism, India was the first.” Under Prime Minister Modi, nation’s most basic norms, such as the character of the Indian state, its founding fathers, the place of minorities and its institutions, from universities to corporate houses to the media, were shown to be severely distrusted,” it said.

" Lucky to be blessed with so weak an opposition–a ragtag coalition of parties, led by the Congress, with no agenda other than to defeat him.

Modi will never again represent the myriad dreams and aspirations of 2014.

Then he was a messiah, ushering in a future too bright to behold, one part Hindu renaissance, one part South Korea’s economic program.

Now he is merely a politician who has failed to deliver, seeking re-election.

Whatever else might be said about the election, hope is off the menu,” the article reads.

More like India's Duffer In Chief...

The Clown actually forced IAF to attack Balakot despite bad weather, saying Clouds will help IAF, lol...

 

[Clutch]

LOL! Look boi, if we ever become fundamentalist country, (otoh it will never happen) everything will still be normal.

You already are... Can i eat a beef burger in India without being lynched.

 

[Chhatrapati]

You already are... Can i eat a beef burger in India without being lynched.

You can eat Beef byriani in India. Just in some state cow meat is banned so you can have other beef products.
Also, if you are really want to eat cow meat specifically, go to NE India or South India.

Also, these days you can find food and water here when the sun is up, and believe me, you will not be arrested for it.

So what are the Hindu Fundamentals ?

सत्यं वद। घर्मं चर। स्वाध्यायान्‌ मा प्रमदः।
T : Speak the truth. Abide by your dharma. Never be idle in your duties.

मातृदेवो भव। पितृदेवो भव। आचार्यदेवो भव। अतिथिदेवो भव।
Know your mother to be like a goddess, know your father to be like a god, know your teacher to be like a god, know a guest to be like a god

 

[Andhadhun]

सत्यं वद। घर्मं चर। स्वाध्यायान्‌ मा प्रमदः।
T : Speak the truth. Abide by your dharma. Never be idle in your duties.

मातृदेवो भव। पितृदेवो भव। आचार्यदेवो भव। अतिथिदेवो भव।
Know your mother to be like a goddess, know your father to be like a god, know your teacher to be like a god, know a guest to be like a god

Whhhaaaattt "?

No "kill the Kafir" ? No "convert the Kafir" ? No "do jihad and kill the kafir" ? No "make dhimmis" ?

What kind of Fundamentalism is that ?

 

[Clutch]

You can eat Beef byriani in India. Just in some state cow meat is banned so you can have other beef products.
Also, if you are really want to eat cow meat specifically, go to NE India or South India.

Also, these days you can find food and water here when the sun is up, and believe me, you will not be arrested for it.

I call BS on the statement. Besides i should be able to eat it anywhere.

 

[Chhatrapati]

I call BS on the statement. Besides i should be able to eat it anywhere.

No you can't. Cow is a protected animal from slaughter in most Indian states. Like I said, if someone really wants to eat cow meat, they can travel to states in North east or South India.

Where is the BS in my statement? You can look at the numbers yourself, or live in denial.
We are the seventh largest consumer of Beef in the world, Second largest exporter of beef (Cara-beef) and fifth largest producer.

 

[Clutch]

No you can't. Cow is a protected animal from slaughter in most Indian states. Like I said, if someone really wants to eat cow meat, they can travel to states in North east or South India.

Where is the BS in my statement? You can look at the numbers yourself, or live in denial.

Facts matter. Every Indian Muslims is evidence of Hindu oppression as stated by a majority of them.