PM Modi is the man of the moment for Indians abroad

by SomeProfile Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:37 pm

So if the Modi moment is prone to hyperbole and tired metaphors, it is because the moment is ripe with emotions not ascribed to a political leader in over sixty years. When really did Indians actually believe that a leader could lead, take initiative, overcome challenges, and, indeed, elicit pride?

“Modi-mania” rings true in India, perhaps, but the rapturous welcome that will almost certainly buoy Mr Modi as he ascends the stage at Madison Square Garden on 28 September, is compelling in other ways. More than forty-thousand Indian Americans went through a ponderous online process clamoring for twenty-thousand tickets to hear the prime minister speak — a specially created website was seeing several hundred applications an hour at one point before it stopped taking applications. Never before has a foreign leader addressed a crowd the size and enthusiasm expected at New York. So what explains the rock star welcome from a crowd that will never likely punch a vote in his favour?

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It becomes clear then, that Modi does not appeal to Indians in America so viscerally because he speaks to them or curries their favor. It is simply that the India he seeks happens to resonate with their sensibilities. While the aspirations of Indian Americans, and their stories of emigration may be irrelevant to 800 million Indian voters, the election of Modi fuels imagination because those voters actually expect their leader to deliver. “Hope,” “change,” “dreams” are good for slogans, but as Modi’s American counterpart knows too well, they can easily become an albatross. A massive electoral mandate carries a burden just as large and unforgiving.

Cynicism has no expiration date--there will be much time for that. But one must not be accused of hagiographic excess to hope that perhaps, just perhaps, like 20,000 cheering fans at Madison Square Garden, Modi is the man for this moment.

Source: http://www.firstpost.com/politics/four-reasons-why-pm-modi-is-the-man-of-the-moment-for-indians-abroad-1718133.html

by truthbetold Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:56 pm

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PM Modi is the man of the moment for Indians abroad

PM Modi is the man of the moment for Indians abroad

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