India’s elections: What happened when activists used A.I. and YouTube to fight Modi.
9 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s elections: What happened when activists used A.I. and YouTube to fight Modi.

Slate  

If India’s most recent elections proved anything, it’s that the “world’s largest democracy” may yet still be worthy of that name. The results of the six-week cycle, which saw more than 640 million voters turn out across the subcontinent, dealt a steep blow to the demagogic Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which lost its single-party hold over the majority of seats in India’s lower house of Parliament, the Lok Sabha. In light of the clean sweep Modi and Co. achieved in 2019, the increasingly authoritarian grip they brought to India’s institutions, the economic depression that has afflicted Indians in the Modi years, the protest movements that resultantly flared up, and the formerly BJP-supporting constituencies the party lost this round, it’s hard to view this outcome as anything but a popular rebuke of Modi’s antidemocratic excesses. Popularly recognized as “India’s first social media prime minister,” known for cozying up to Silicon Valley magnates, and boosted mightily by wealthy tech-world allies, Narendra Modi promised to be the avatar of “Digital India,” with a presence as ubiquitous online as off. pic.twitter.com/kSTk7sPaEx — Ranting gola June 4, 2024 Ultimately, despite the cheap deepfakes, Modi’s popularity, the violent nature of modern Indian politics, and a media apparatus in thrall to the BJP, digital journalists and influencers managed to counter the ruling party’s narrative in the places where it counted.

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CNN  

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New Indian Express  

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Firstpost  

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LA Times  

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NPR  

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The Independent  

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Hindustan Times  

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ABC  

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Al Jazeera  

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Live Mint  

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India TV News  

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The Independent  

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2 years ago

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Live Mint  

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Modi’s biggest asset is his legion of city-bred, party-circuit opponents

Firstpost  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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The Hindu  

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India TV News  

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India Today  

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Al Jazeera  

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4 years, 8 months ago

Rahul Gandhi's videos bashing Modi govt attracting massive following on social media

India Today  

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India TV News  

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The Hindu  

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India Today  

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NPR  

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Opinion | Election 2019: It’s PM Modi versus anyone-but-Modi
5 years, 11 months ago

Opinion | Election 2019: It’s PM Modi versus anyone-but-Modi

Live Mint  

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Modi’s BJP party kicks into election mode in India with massive rally
6 years, 11 months ago

Modi’s BJP party kicks into election mode in India with massive rally

CNN  

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On demonetisation anniversary, Rahul Gandhi writes Modi has 'fatally wounded' Indian businesses: Top quotes from Congress VP's edit
7 years, 4 months ago

On demonetisation anniversary, Rahul Gandhi writes Modi has 'fatally wounded' Indian businesses: Top quotes from Congress VP's edit

Firstpost  

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2 Years of Modi: A Report Card
8 years, 10 months ago

2 Years of Modi: A Report Card

The Diplomat  

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Join India’s growth journey, Modi appeals to diaspora
9 years, 5 months ago

Join India’s growth journey, Modi appeals to diaspora

The Hindu  

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Modi boots up ‘Digital India’ with high-profile Silicon Valley show
9 years, 5 months ago

Modi boots up ‘Digital India’ with high-profile Silicon Valley show

The Hindu  

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Taking cue from Modi, Bihar parties take fight to 'virtual media' - IndiaTV news
9 years, 9 months ago

Taking cue from Modi, Bihar parties take fight to 'virtual media' - IndiaTV news

India TV News  

Patna: Impressed by the tremendous political benefits reaped by BJP and AAP due to high-voltage social media and high-end digital campaigning in the 2014 Lok Sabha and Delhi assembly elections, Bihar parties too are eagerly jumping on to the e-bandwagon. "We have seen how Prime Minister Narendra Modi quite effectively used the social media and high-tech campaigning in the 2014 …

Online Republic of Modi
9 years, 9 months ago

Online Republic of Modi

Al Jazeera  

It’s the persona that draws in most of his followers, not the office or the party. Last week, millions of followers of India’s rhetorically ambitious and gifted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were perplexed when Modi’s Twitter account posted a message that looked like nothing they’d ever seen before. Perhaps Modi’s social media team was pushing the envelope of “twiplomacy” – …

Online Republic of Modi
9 years, 9 months ago

Online Republic of Modi

Al Jazeera  

It’s the persona that draws in most of his followers, not the office or the party. Last week, millions of followers of India’s rhetorically ambitious and gifted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were perplexed when Modi’s Twitter account posted a message that looked like nothing they’d ever seen before. Perhaps Modi’s social media team was pushing the envelope of “twiplomacy” – …

Modi's big achievement: Government is now more visible than before
9 years, 10 months ago

Modi's big achievement: Government is now more visible than before

Firstpost  

Despite many achievements, the overpowering impression is that Modi has delivered less than he promised. However, one thing is certain: the government and leadership is now more visible than in the Manmohan Singh years A year ago, when the people of India voted Narendra Modi to power with the first single-party parliamentary majority in 30 years, it signalled more than …

A defeat for PM Modi, says NYT editorial on Delhi polls
10 years, 1 month ago

A defeat for PM Modi, says NYT editorial on Delhi polls

The Hindu  

While U.S. officials refrained from comment on Aam Aadmi Party’s massive victory in Delhi elections, the New York Times saw “A Defeat for Prime Minister Modi” in the results. “Fresh from the diplomatic high of a successful summit meeting with President Obama, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been brought down to earth by domestic politics,” the daily said in an …

PM Modi at Madison Square Garden: Decoding his Bollywood star strategy
10 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi at Madison Square Garden: Decoding his Bollywood star strategy

Firstpost  

Modi is addressing several audiences through his US trip: the domestic electorate, the NRI audience, and the powers-that-be in the US Wherever he is, the politician in Narendra Modi is never missing. Whether he is pumping up a crowd in Varanasi or playing to the non-resident Indian gallery in Madison Square Garden, Modi always comes up a winner. Even though …

Parsing America’s Modi baggage
10 years, 8 months ago

Parsing America’s Modi baggage

The Hindu  

This week The Hindu published four articles on ‘Modi and the U.S.,’ a series based on State Department cables obtained by the newspaper via a Freedom of Information Act request made in May 2013. The aim of the exercise was to gain greater clarity on the thought process behind Washington’s 2005 visa ban against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which …

Modi and Obama: leaders with much in common
10 years, 9 months ago

Modi and Obama: leaders with much in common

India TV News  

Washington: Narendra Modi and Barack Obama have much in common as both leaders rode to power on the slogan of “hope and change” and they are the two most popular politicians on the social media. Modi, 63, who was sworn in as India's 15th Prime Minister, used modern technology and social media tools to change the face of election campaigning …

Modi sweeps social media too
10 years, 10 months ago

Modi sweeps social media too

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party swept not only the 2014 general election but the social media as well. Posts such as ‘Ab ki baar Modi sarkaar ’ — the BJP’s election message — filled Facebook timelines. Ache din ane wale hai.” Interestingly, in the 24 hours ended 5.30 p.m. Friday, the total number of election-related tweets stood at a whooping 1.56 …

Modi’s campaign largest in electoral history: BJP
10 years, 10 months ago

Modi’s campaign largest in electoral history: BJP

The Hindu  

By the time the Lok Sabha poll drums fall silent on May 10, Narendra Modi would have undertaken the largest mass outreach in India’s electoral history by travelling about 300,000 km for 437 public meetings in 25 states besides 1350 innovative 3D rallies. The Modi juggernaut rolled out on September 15 last year with an ex—servicemen’s rally in Rewari in …

US chai fundraisers help finance Modi wave
10 years, 10 months ago

US chai fundraisers help finance Modi wave

Al Jazeera  

Well-organised support among Indian-Americans for BJP’s prime ministerial candidate is eclipsing that of rival parties. “There is definitely an ‘enthusiasm gap’ between the OFBJP’s level of enthusiasm and spirit and that of other political parties.” Pogrom accusations OFBJP support for Modi in the US obeys a broader strategy to redefine Gujarat chief minister from religious hardliner linked to one of …

“Modi wave is a political conspiracy being spread by corrupt media houses”
11 years ago

“Modi wave is a political conspiracy being spread by corrupt media houses”

The Hindu  

Criticising Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal has said that “Modi wave” is a “political conspiracy” being propagated for over a year now in collusion with some “corrupt” media houses. He added but all this talk of Mr. Modi coming to power was a “political conspiracy” being spread by some corrupt …

Cong's idea of combating Modi through innuendo on his love life boomerangs
11 years, 2 months ago

Cong's idea of combating Modi through innuendo on his love life boomerangs

Firstpost  

If this was a case of protecting the rights of a citizen, whether or not she wishes to complain about it, then it would be a welcome step. Top government and Congress functionaries spent days after days mulling over the issue they thought would “expose Modi’s fascist mindset” to create a revulsion against him nationally and halt his onward march …

Dear trolls, you might love Modi, but he doesn't love you back
11 years, 7 months ago

Dear trolls, you might love Modi, but he doesn't love you back

Firstpost  

The success of a political party’s social media campaign, unfortunately, depends on who is louder, more offensive and have more people adept at vengeful name-calling on their side. narendramodiplans.com, which was pulled down after Modi’s social media savvy fans hurled abuses at the creator, is now up and running thanks to a Mumbai-based duo. Taking the easier way around building …

Modi's messaging machine: How NaMo wins the PR war
11 years, 11 months ago

Modi's messaging machine: How NaMo wins the PR war

Firstpost  

Modi is the first truly modern politician who has created an echo chamber made up of twitterati, journalists, bloggers, official and unofficial pro-Modi groups, and the party apparatus. Yet Rana Ayyub’s Tehelka profile f Modi’s PR apparatus repeatedly takes on an ominous undertone as she describes “an almost obsessive campaign that Modi has used, unprecedented in the history of independent …

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