Price of the Modi Years
By: Aakar Patel
4.50
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
Columnist, author and political commentator, Aakar Patel has long been a close observer of the poli…
Want to Read $ 23.99"The creed of Hindutva that shapes Modi’s worldview says nothing original or new regarding modern government, if it says anything about this at all. It expresses a burning desire to make Bharat Mata great but articulates no pathway of leading her there. Modi wanted to shake up the system but didn’t know what to add to or remove from it. He was not conservative in the sense that he respected and continued with and built on the traditions of government. He was radical, intent on fundamental change. But his radicalism came without a central thesis and with no guiding text. It was introduction of chaos to no particular end. The result, unsurprisingly, was more chaos. His ‘disruptions’, a word beloved of the tech set but loaded with grave consequences for the weak and the poor, were unattached to any core ideology. Disruption to what end? Disruption of whose lives? This was not important."-Aakar Patel, Price of the Modi Years
"The creed of Hindutva that shapes Modi’s worldview says nothing original or new regarding modern government, if it says anything about this at all. It expresses a burning desire to make Bharat Mata great but articulates no pathway of leading her there. Modi wanted to shake up the system but didn’t know what to add to or remove from it. He was not conservative in the sense that he respected and continued with and built on the traditions of government. He was radical, intent on fundamental change. But his radicalism came without a central thesis and with no guiding text. It was introduction of chaos to no particular end. The result, unsurprisingly, was more chaos. His ‘disruptions’, a word beloved of the tech set but loaded with grave consequences for the weak and the poor, were unattached to any core ideology. Disruption to what end? Disruption of whose lives? This was not important."-Aakar Patel, Price of the Modi Years
"The creed of Hindutva that shapes Modi’s worldview says nothing original or new regarding modern government, if it says anything about this at all. It expresses a burning desire to make Bharat Mata great but articulates no pathway of leading her there. Modi wanted to shake up the system but didn’t know what to add to or remove from it. He was not conservative in the sense that he respected and continued with and built on the traditions of government. He was radical, intent on fundamental change. But his radicalism came without a central thesis and with no guiding text. It was introduction of chaos to no particular end. The result, unsurprisingly, was more chaos. His ‘disruptions’, a word beloved of the tech set but loaded with grave consequences for the weak and the poor, were unattached to any core ideology. Disruption to what end? Disruption of whose lives? This was not important."-Aakar Patel, Price of the Modi Years
"Ganges, the Carrier of Corpses Don’t worry, be happy, in one voice speak the corpses O King, in your Ram-Rajya, we see bodies flow in the Ganges O King, the woods are ashes, No spots remain at crematoria, O King, there are no carers, Nor any pall-bearers, No mourners left And we are bereft With our wordless dirges of dysphoria Libitina enters every home where she dances and then prances, O King, in your Ram-Rajya, our bodies flow in the Ganges O King, the melting chimney quivers, the virus has us shaken O King, our bangles shatter, our heaving chest lies broken The city burns as he fiddles, Billa-Ranga thrust their lances, O King, in your Ram-Rajya, I see bodies flow in the Ganges O King, your attire sparkles as you shine and glow and blaze O King, this entire city has at last seen your real face Show your guts, no ifs and buts, Come out and shout and say it loud, “The naked King is lame and weak"-Aakar Patel, Price of the Modi Years
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