Posted by: Ambrosia May 23, 2014
MODI-fying India
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It is widely proven how social media is playing such a vital role in today’s world. In the recent Indian election, Narendra Modi’s biggest strategy was to use the best of the social network and media. Everyday people all over India and outside India were flooded with messages on their Twitter, Whatsapp, Viber, Facebook or any other local IM apps. It surely has saved a lot of campaign cost and the messages were pretty effective as it was very personal. For people who think facebook and twitters are for selfies, this is something they need to learn.

One of the catchiest thing of the election was the tagline Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) was using, “ Iss Barr Modi Sarkar”. It somehow became the young crowd’s favorite, 150 million first time voters ( ironically the target group for Congress India). The BJP has defeated Congress I with such humongous difference that suddenly the world is asking how and what next.

Born in a grocer family, Modi is the third among four children who had worked at a tea stall from the age of 6. A follower of Vivekanda and highly inspired by the lifestyle of Sadhu’s in India, Modi has branded himself as a very different breed of political leaders. His biggest political turn was when he shifted the Tata Nano Motors’ plant fromWest Bengal to Gujrat and boasted the economy and became one of the strongest PM candidates from BJP. A political leader who sleeps 3 hours a day and is a workaholic might change the face of the country in a better and effective way.

Indian Media is telecasting 24/7 what Modi is doing, where is he going, who is he meeting. Obviously since he is going to be the 15th Prime Minister of India and now what he had promised in last couple of months, will be fulfilled on not. On the other side, our very own PM Mr. Sushil Koirala has reached his 100 day without doing anything as a PM. Maybe personally he had acquired something that we are not aware of, but if we see the track record, nothing substantial we can see in his 100 days.

When there is a big controversy going on, with the visit of the PM of Pakistan Mian Nawaz Sarif attending the oath taking ceremony of Mr. Modi on Monday, the not invited PM of Nepal is eager to leave for Delhi. I am glad that in 100 days this is the first good decision that Sushil Baa has taken. Maybe if he gives his attendance at Delhi, Modi Sarkar might give us the closest sea link or India decided to make all the arrangements for the Hydro Power and even buy it from us when we start producing. I don’t even mind if they have a similar understanding as India and Bhutan has.

Anyway, we got to wait and watch what the Modi Sarkar will do with its targeted group, that is the youth and the middle class, which the Congress has ignored in its agenda until the elections. Modi has promised a safer city for women and a better economical support to the marginal, it is easier said than done, hope that Modi Sarkar is a good surprise for Nepali people ( I don’t care what happens to the government, I just want a better policy for the people) because “ Hami le jatti furti lagayepani….Bharat ma pani parda, Nepal ma Chata odnu parcha”

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