Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India@75 mood: Uneasy sense of triumphalism…
2 years, 4 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India@75 mood: Uneasy sense of triumphalism…

Deccan Chronicle  

So, what’s the mood? It is a tricky issue indeed because the mood could change quite quickly, and one could look slightly foolish to have stuck one’s head out and say: “This is the mood”. Or shall we say: “How’s the josh?” If we go by the speeches of politicians like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath or Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, among others, it seems to be a delirious moment of jingoism, not patriotism. So, the increased decibel levels around celebrating the leader — Narendra Modi in 2022, compared to Indira Gandhi in 1972 — should not come as any surprise. With the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi n 2014, the clock of political discourse turned back, and suddenly the chattering classes, including the market-friendly editors, began to speak of the importance of political leadership and national leadership to guide the nation’s progress and destiny.

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