Namo Politics
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‘Insecure megalomaniac’: Opposition targets Modi for rapid transit trains being named as Namo Bharat
The BJP has been using ‘Namo’, an acronym for Narendra Modi, to refer to the prime minister during election campaigns.
Scroll Staff
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Saba Naqvi: The Narendra Modi cult moves up another level
By naming a stadium after himself and putting his image on Covid-19 certificates, we see the transition to making him the symbol and emblem of the nation-state.
Saba Naqvi
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What Modi’s Central Vista plan says about his vision of a New India
It’s the Gujarat model, scaled up.
Amrita Shah
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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This artificial sweetener can destroy gut bacteria and intestine cells
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In his new book, journalist Boria Majumdar addresses BCCI’s two-year ban after an online controversy
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Why Justice Datta’s attack on petitioner in VVPAT verdict is worrisome for PILs
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Ram Guha: Modi personality cult runs contrary to BJP’s own objections to worship of individuals
It shows why Ambedkar was right to be deeply worried about the dangers to Indian democracy from blind hero-worship.
Ramachandra Guha
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‘Narendra Modi remains by far the most popular national figure in Indian politics,’ finds Pew study
‘The public’s positive assessment of Modi is buoyed by growing contentment with the Indian economy,’ the survey by the American think tank found.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: Modi needs only one hand to spin khadi thread, while Gandhi and everyone else needs two
Another twist in the continuing saga of the spin.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Vote bank politics: Why Modi is silent on the attacks on Dalits in Gujarat
No leader angers his core supporters to keep floating voters happy.
Ajaz Ashraf
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Modi sympathisers among India’s public intellectuals are writing columns oozing disappointment
The assessment about his government’s performance in the first weeks in office, even among those seen as his supporters, is bleak.
Diksha Madhok, qz.com