Modi can display cynicism of a dispassionate journalist. Karan Thapar recalls when he interviewed Modi, long before he became the CM, he derided the RSS run schools as complete failures in comparison to the Bhavans. Modi is a strong leader, as Raman says he kindles the Hindu pride. However, unlike Bharatiyar, who epoused it for a selfless cause -the freedom struggle,- Modi does it for political gains, which is fine. However, the self-styled secular media's lament is not without reason. The daylight murders of women and children in Gujrat warrant justice. What about killings indulged by Islamic militants, displacement of Kashmiri Pundits, bomb blasts claiming innocent lives all across India, yes I hear the counterpoints. You are all right they need justice just as those who were butchered in Godhra and elsewhere in Gujrat following the incident. What is undesirable is the numbness to murder and mayhem. The poll result is typical of Gujrat. For Gujratis nothing matters more than their Dhanda and Dharm, (business and religion) in that order. Modi played to these ground realities and struck a chord with the electorate. All said, he is a pracharak gone power hungry. As a pracharak he leads a life dedicated to service of the country and his culture, as a power hungry politician he will not bat an eye to repeat a post Godhra pogrom. My two cents; I may have got everything wrong.
