Namo Politics

‘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
· Oct 20, 2023 · 11:54 am
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
· Mar 04, 2021 · 06:30 am
What Modi’s Central Vista plan says about his vision of a New India

It’s the Gujarat model, scaled up.

Amrita Shah
· Dec 16, 2020 · 06:30 am

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
· Aug 02, 2020 · 06:30 am
‘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
· Nov 16, 2017 · 07:44 am
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.

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· Jan 18, 2017 · 11:00 am

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Namo Politics

‘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 · Oct 20, 2023 · 11:54 am

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Modi sympathisers among India’s public intellectuals are writing columns oozing disappointment

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