The Modi equations…

Funny sounding Modi half-phrase <Greater than> Practically every other major lead story.

Allegations against Modi <Greater than> All Congress scams put together.

Anything related to 2002 Godhra <Equals to> Breaking news.

1 Ishrat encounter <Greater than> 1000 encounters of last 10 years.

I conditionally/partially support/appreciate Modi/His speeches/Gujarat development <Equals to> I am communal.

Modi is Hitler <Equals to> I am secular.

Blow to Modi <Equals to> Universal cut and paste for any story related to him.

Bonus:
Any Diggy Raja phrase <Equals to> 100% credibility.

© Sunil Rajguru

More on Modi…

· Secular party oath…
I do solemnly swear that I’ll bear allegiance to the notion that Modi is communal and carry out my duties accordingly.

· If he manages to become PM, then 2002-13’s “Blow to Modi” will become 2014’s “Bow to Modi”.

· The GDP of Gujarat has been rising alarmingly and steadily since 2002.
(Godhra+Development Politics)

· 100% of India should be nationalists.
80% of India are Hindus.
Hindu. Nationalist.
Nationalist. Hindu.
Hindu nationalist.
Nationalist Hindu.
Why this furore over a bit of wordplay?

· Debate begins…
BJP supporter: You are defending the most corrupt and arrogant government in history!
Congress supporter: You are defending Godhra!
Debate ka “The End”.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

The very healthy Modi debate…

Modi backers…

Claim 1: Modi was new to the job and tried his best to stop post-Godhra violence.
Claim 2: The Gujarat development model is a success.
Claim 3: People are happier in Gujarat under Modi.
Claim 4: Modi is the best bet for the BJP.
Claim 5: Modi is the most popular leader in India.
Claim 6: Modi is a terrific orator.
Claim 7: Modi is a solid potential for the post of PM.
Claim 8: Many leaders of the world have acknowledged Modi’s genius.
Claim 9: Modi is unfairly under the microscope while other leaders totally get away.
Claim 10: Most of the detractors are outside Gujarat and have vested interests.
(Phew! That probably covers everything!)

Modi detractors…
Assumption 1: Modi is 100% guilty in Godhra and hence no other assumption/claim is required and every claim of the Modi backers has to be totally rubbished and fought tooth and nail till the end of time!

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Modi musings of the day…

· Q: Is the bottle half Full or half Empty?
Media: Dunno about that, but 0.01% of Modi’s speech is Empty and our report is Full of that.

· Indian pays Rs 5 to hear Modi speak.
India pays Rs 5 lakh crore to hear Manmohan’s silence.
‪#‎CostOfScams‬

· I think a few hundred prominent Indian personalities would go into a permanent state of shock and get detached from reality if Modi actually became Prime Minister.

· Yesterday the media covered the Modus Operandi of all political parties.
Today it’s just Modi’s Operandi.

· Seems you either virulently like Modi or virulently hate him or virulently want to ignore him.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

Today’s Modi musings…

· Modi speaks 10,000 words.
Detractors search for single phrase to distort.
Pappu speaks 10,000 words.
Supporters struggle to search for single meaningful phrase to give positive spin to.

· Someone once asked me how I could accuse Modi of being innocent without any proof.
I think that sums it up quite nicely.

· You know a politician has arrived when an English TV channel telecasts his long Hindi speech live without any breaks.

· Most serious journos secretly wish to write for The Unreal Times/Faking News.
They get that wish when they cover Modi.

· In the history of Independent India, no man has been under as much media-judicial-investigative-CBI-NGO scrutiny as Modi.
If after 11 years of such a mindboggling massive witch-hunt, they are unable to even chargesheet him, “Innocent till proven guilty” to permanently gaya tel lene na is desh se?

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

The Modi factor…

• Pre-1989, the entire mainstream went after the Congress and projected VP Singh as an alternative.
Pre-2014, the entire social media went after the Congress and projected Narendra Modi as an alternative.
Times haven’t changed.
The media has.

• I am imagining the final headline…
In a blow to Modi, he is sworn in as PM.

• If Modi becomes PM, then it would be Independent India’s biggest self-fulfilling prophesy perpetrated (initially in reverse) by his haters.

• Number of failures…
Modi: Many. Pappu: Zero.
(Because Modi has tried many things and Pappu is yet to do anything in life and hence yet to fail)

· Online India leans Right because Offline India leans sharply Left.
If Offline India was neutral, then so would be Online India.

© Sunil Rajguru