What should the world know about Narendra Modi?

That he is not the Donald Trump of India.

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I am a Master's student in USA  and was frankly surprised when I first saw this comparison. There was HUGE criticism of Indians saying how hypocritical we are to oppose Trump while voting for our own version (Narendra Modi) back home. I would have ignored it but similar views were expressed by a few Indians on Quora too.

This is a classic example of False Equivalence. The only similarity is that they are both fielded by Right-Wing parties of the respective countries. The similarities end right there.

  • Modi came from the lowest rung of Indian society (Economically and socially). Everything he is today is a result of his insane hard work and perseverance. Trump was born into riches and for a good part of his life enjoyed himself greatly.
  • Modi already proved himself for three terms as Chief Minister of Gujarat. Trump is a business man with no prior political experience.
  • Modi had a solid Manifesto for what he intended to do if he was elected. His track record helped too. Rivals, Moderators and people keep asking for Trump's policy. He keeps replying with insults and boasts.
  • Trump's campaign is one of the most dividing and Hateful campaign I have seen for someone contesting for such a powerful position. He irked every minority community. Modi during his PM campaign never made such remarks against his own people.
  • Modi is a humble man by nature. Trump is extremely arrogant.


    The list could go on and on but I hope people get my drift. They are two individuals as different as any two persons. Just because they are both "strongmen" (which itself is false) and speak their mind, they don't automatically become the same.

Stop guilt shaming us with false analogies. We never voted for a Trump and never will.



Vikram Kumar
The World should know that:
  • Donald Trump is a billionaire Businessman turned novice politician, while Narendra Modi has grown up selling tea in the trains of India
  • Donald Trump has said that he would stop Muslim immigration, while Narendra Modi has appointed M.J Akbar a muslim as the National Spokesperson of BJP (yes, so people who think he is  communal eat Hajmola to digest this)
  • After 23 years, a Muslim is appointed as the permanent representative of India to United Nations in 2016. This should help you remove the notion of communal. Syed Akbar is a very highly regarded Indian Foreign service officer. He deserved to be in that position.
  • In the last two years, more roads are built under the leadership of Narendra Modi, than the preceding 6 years. This should tell you that Modi is a tough task master when needed.
  • Modi's Government has opened 170 Million bank accounts (yes 170 million) in the rural and semi urban areas in only 12 months. This enables they get the subsidies and benefits from the government directly into their accounts hence eliminating middle men and giving full benefit to the end receivers. This should tell you his acumen in operations and understanding of rural sections of the country and the problems they face.
  • Its the major section of media which hates Modi because after he started in power all the undue benefits the media personnel used to get is stopped. In the earlier governments Media personnel used to travel along with the PM internationally to cover their meetings. Used to get goodies for every meetings, Cheese and Wine parties to keep in good books. Now Modi ensures only the government media travels on the government money and the private media is free to travel using their own organization funds and have parties as well on their funds. This didnt digest well to the Media houses. This should tell you he will take tough stand when he knows it is  right and does not bother about what the media thinks.
There are many many more points to tell about him. In the last two year I am more proud to be Indian than ever before.
BTW, In the last two years you would not have heard about corruption. Unlike in the preceding 10 years. Thank you Modi!!


Discipline & Respect - Recently he spotted respecting fellow parliamentarian
Courage - Hoisted Indian Flag at Srinagar's Lal Chowk on 26 January, 1992 under challenging circumstances giving befitting reply to anti nation elements.
Nation is above politics - When Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif called Dr.Manmohan Singh, the then Indian PM a 'dehati aurat',village woman, this is what Narendra Modi replied.
In video he is saying "Dr.Manmohan Singh is prime minister of 1.25 billion people, Nawaz Sharif, how dare you call him a village woman"
Making it large - He respects Indian ancient tradition & culture, he strives to pass it the world.
Yoga day is an example of this, The declaration of this day came after the call for the adoption of June 21 as International Day of Yoga by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address to UN General Assembly on September 27, 2014


Here are some lesser know facts about our PM-


1. Mr. Narendra Modi loves writing poem. He writes in Gujarati language and also has published some books written by him. He also love photography and had held an exhibition showing his collections of photographs clicked by him.
2. Modi was always fond of Hindutva philosophy. When he was a teenager, he went to Himalayas alone and stayed there for 2 years with Yogi Sadhus and learnt the philosophy of Hindutva.
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a patriot since childhood. During 1965 Indo-Pak war, he volunteered to serve the soldiers going in the war at the railway stations. He also served the flood affected people of Gujarat in 1967.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done a three month course in US on public relations and image management. This could be one reason behind his success in positioning himself as one of the most popular politician of the world.


5. Narendra Modi is a teetotaller. He doesn’t drink, doesn’t smoke. He is a complete vegetarian.
6. Narendra Modi is the most Popular politician in India by huge distance. His Twitter account has more than 6 Million followers. He is the most popular Indian politician on Facebook and 8th most popular among all Indian celebrity on Twitter.
Check out Narendra Modi (@narendramodi): https://twitter.com/narendramodi...

7. Yes! Narendra Modi is married. His parents arranged his marriage when he was a child, at 13 he was engaged and by 18 he got married. They spent very little time together and were soon estranged because Modi decided to pursue an itinerant life.
8. In many Interview he stated that he don’t sleep much. 5 hours is maximum duration he sleeps. He wake up by 5:30 in any case, irrespective of when he hits the bed.
9. We all are aware of Narendra Modi’s love for Technology. Every morning he log in to his system and read everything written about him or anything that matters to him. This way he could know for what he is being criticized or praised.
10. We know that Narendra Modi is choosy about his wardrobe collection, and recently we got to know that all his clothes are of one brand Jade Blue which is a Ahmedabad based textile company.
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It is not easy being Narendra Modi.
On one hand, he has to carry on his shoulders the weight of expectations of millions of Indians, the burden of their hope and sorrow.
On the other hand, the evil media-left lib-academia nexus is out with knives, just waiting for him to turn his back towards them.
And yet, the 65 year old man continues to work indefatigably, for 18 hours a day days, seven days a week, while a 'youth icon' of 46 disappears on a 57 day retreat and the chronic whiner of 47 indulges in Wellness therapies at a 5-star Yoga retreat in Bangalore!
Source: TFI


That....

-Narendra Modi or Namo was elected by about 31% of Indians in 2014
-including his other alliance partners, this voting goes upto about  39%
-he is a proven administrator and ruled Gujarat for 12 years and changed fortunes of millions without a single charge of corruption against him
-his family of brothers and mother still live as before ..no body lives with him. None in the family has prospered despite being a chief minister for 12 years in Gujarat and now about 2 years as PM of India
-he works about 16 hours per day for 7 days a week for 365 days a year and make his staff also work much harder than before
-he has a vision for India to make it a strong and prosperous nation with much better standard of living of its people
-he stopped free benefits to Media and free business benefits to NGO trustees. These people have turned strong opposition to him
-Congress ruled India for more than 60 years and planted it's people every where from media to education, from beauracasy to NGO, from public sector to private business who along with their family benefitted financially and became strong. These people are now opposing the honest changes being done
-Namo inspires millions of youth, guides millions of people across India. He is fantastic orator and connect with everyone across the world from top leaders to religious people
-Namo declared that India is his first religion..what is wrong with that? The whole generations under Congress has lost this feeling for nation. There is no fear for law. NAMO is trying to change this for better

I can go on and on and write few pages that world should know about this most popular India has seen in many many decades. He is the future of India and only he and people like him can place India to a position that she deserve.

LONG LIVE NAMO.. BE SAFE AND WORK HARDER FOR INDIA!

Why are Donald Trump and Narendra Modi being compared to each other?

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There are some obvious similarities like Nationalism, putting the country first, not being bogged down by opposition agendas, couldnt care less of what people think about them, not in it for the popularity ratings, tough negotiators, and a reputation to get the job done!
The more important similarity is less obvious - the extreme emotions that they evoke in people. The emotions are either of extreme admiration or of extreme dislike. Either they absolutely and fundamentally connect with somebody, or really get under their skin.
I happen to be in the group that admires both Modi and Trump.


The comparisons I could see which people could perceive as similarities
  1. Both were nominated from the Right wing in their respective countries.
  2. Both had a plan and propaganda well before their rivals.
  3. Both had replaced the then existing (so called) liberal long run Governments.
  4. Most strikingly, they have overcome the analysis and predictions of the conventional media and made them look fools.
I believe these comparisons are purely situational but not with respect to their character or actions or behavior or agenda. Its their actions (quite opposite in nature) which made them leaders.
Credentials for Nomination:
Modi successfully projected his self made transformation from tea seller to 3 time chief minister, a very good track record of attracting business and corporate, and maintain good relationships with all kinds of business small or large. Though he had dark past and allegations he had come clean in the eyes of law and maintained clean record in governance as a Chief Minister. He competed with seniors within the party to be nominated as Prime Minister candidate unanimously. Literally he earned his nomination.
On the other hand Trump’s nomination was rather forced. Though he was famous as a businessman there is nothing to show his track record as an elected representative or a public servant. His party had neither clue or confidence if his nomination was optimal. He just fought it till the end with his publicity(which worked) till no choice was left for his party.
Planing and Propaganda:
Though targeted for his infamous past by the media(even after supreme court clearing his name) , Modi successfully deviated the attention from the negative to positive by showcasing his development model and agenda. He never went into the trap set by media but dictated the agenda for next big story for the media and most importantly had never made any controversial remarks under pressure. This positive approach helped him to gain trust from all sectors.
Trump’s propaganda is simple. He always stuck to his key words (Muslims, immigrants, wall, ISIS) adding superlative adjectives for himself and mocking comments on the opponents(anyone showing a finger at him). He weighed on the negative publicity to reach out to the voter. (and it worked!!!).
Opponents:
Modi’s opponents knew that they had no chance of winning the election. They only hoped. They never had opportunity or new agenda to counter him. But what none could anticipate is the margin of victory.
Trump won because his opponents were overconfident. They never saw a chance of such controversial and unpopular (as projected) could be a threat to their liberal and open mindset. Instead of projecting themselves they turned to Trump bashing (knowingly or unknowingly) and fell into his trap.
Media:
Modi had seen the potential of the growing social media trend in young India and was able to capture much of its share much before its opponents.
Trump however had disadvantage as most of USA is already hooked to Internet and the share is already occupied equally.
After Assuming Power:
Modi did the unthinkable. He invited SAARC leaders including Pakistan for the swearing in ceremony. Nobody saw this coming because of the harsh words he had used against Pakistan during the election. This had been lauded for the progressive and positive thinking. This showed that he would not be isolating India and grow together as group.
Trump did what he had promised, he put a temporary ban on 7 countries, resulting in chaos at airports. Had irked Mexican leaders regarding his comments on the Wall. We need to see the result of these actions in the long term.
They are both different leaders with different backgrounds. Apples and Oranges.


My favorite quote (which is mine, btw):
If you call an apple an orange, you’re not a liberal/progressive, revolutionary or an activist. You’re either ignorant or a dishonest liar.
When people who pout comparisons like this online take a week off, relax, calm down and question their deeply held beliefs/biases sincerely, they’d probably do themselves a favor. They should ask themselves sincerely if they’re acting on he said/she said or if actual facts support their notions. Because to the rational crowd, these people come off as either funny or lacking in things. To the crowd that comes up with these comparisons, the rest of the people come off as privileged because we can’t see the things that they see.
Mr. Modi has been investigated by the highest court of the land, put on a trial by media (more like a witchhunt) and trials of every sort during a hostile Congress regime for ten long years and not a shred of evidence, besides the made up crap, came up? This is like claiming that moon landings were fake. Or the entire scientific community is falsifying data to prove climate change is real. When you make such tall claims that the whole system around you is lying, you have an equally incredible responsibility towards the burden the proof.
Prime Minister Modi was a three-time chief minister of a state that by any measure of governance stands out and within the top five states of the country. He didn’t come to power on the grounds of a divisive campaign.
Here’s something you don’t hear often. Under Prime Minister Modi, India has opened its borders to people of all faiths who are persecuted in the neighboring countries.
When absolutely nothing in Mr. Modi’s words or actions remotely come close to being divisive, people catch on to the things he should have done in their opinion which he didn’t do, and label him a divisive figure.
People catch on to incidents of violence that have happened regularly with or without Modi, in states not ruled by his party, and attribute it to him, bypassing the state governments that are responsible for law and order.
Protesters in Tamil Nadu claimed Modi is not acting on their demands. Do you really want a PM capable of reaching into the highest court of the land and be able to dictate to them?
In India, there are some extremist progressives who cannot be satisfied by anything the BJP does, some just brainwashed by their experience, some just very biased. They live in their echo chambers, not wanting to listen to a second opinion and labeling the rest of the people.
Overall, you have to be incredibly indifferent to facts to compare Modi and Trump. Both have almost nothing in common, except in colorful imagination.


Wrong Comparison!
Seriously, this is a wrong comparison. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is actively involved in serving the society and serving the people from his early age. He started his political journey with RSS. He has started from a humble beginning and reached greater heights. It has been said that, he was working in a coffee shop during the earlier days. Basically, he is from a normal middle class Indian family.
He served as the Chief Minister of an Indian State Gujarat for 12 years and showed significant results. He has attracted people with his development and policies. People considered him as the savior during 2014. Understanding the people’s mood and expectation, BJP made Narendra Modi has Prime Minister Candidate and won the election with absolute majority. It was a clean win for Prime Minister Modi.
But on other hand, President Donald Trump’s journey was quite different. He was business tycoon in the United states with nil political experience. He had not served people or he had not held any positions in the past. He became the President candidate with his business influence. President Trump is a newbie to the American Politics and International Politics. He has neither shown any result or shown any impressive economical ideas for the Nation.
It is seriously ridiculous to compare President Donald Trump with Prime Minister Modi. How can we compare,
14 years Political journey Vs 1+ years of Political journey?
Narendra Modi truly loves India and people of India. Trump has expressed his love for the nation and we have yet to see his love for the country.
Let’s see, how it goes!
Cheers!

On the surface, Modi and Trump might seem alike. This is mostly because they’re both considered conservative and right. Both tend to adopt nationalist and protectionist attitude when it comes to politics and generate polarizing sentiments in people of their respective countries.
Beyond that, Modi and Trump couldn’t be farther apart if they tried. Trump is more focused on reinforcing the old status quo and bringing back conservative ideas that don’t fit the modern society. This includes the opposition to pro-choice, measures against environment, bans against a particular community, etc. He does this to appease the red-belt and conservative section of the society and doesn’t seem too concerned about the impact on others.
Modi, on the other hand, has a progressive attitude and conservatism isn’t on his agenda. Yes, he’s a strict Hindu but you won’t see him disrespecting or dismissing the rights of other communities. He’s also a strong supporter of women’s rights with the beti-bachao campaign, etc. He doesn’t dismiss climate change or the science community.
I’m not saying that Modi is perfect, but there’s no way Trump and Modi can be compared. They’re only similar to each other on surface ideals. I hate to say this because this is the same rhetoric that’s cited by supporters of Trump in the US, but Indian media is very biased in their reporting. They have always been. There are instances they have highlighted news about cruelties against the minority communities in India but have not reported on cruelties against majority Hindu community.
I would like Modi to work more on the environment, equality, progress of the nation, etc. I would also like him to have laws to protect children in place, and standardize marriage laws for all communities, etc. I would also like the government to look into the interest of LGBTQ community in India. There are many things Modi still has to do but there’s no way Trump and Modi should be placed in the same category.
It’s also very difficult to compare the two because US and India are two vastly different countries and cultures.


Now First of all Let me present to you two facts
1.Trump is from a Well to do Family
2.NaMo comes from a poor family background
A.Now Modi faces equal criticism from the Opposition in India though never disrespected by the masses. Trump on the other hand faces criticism for his policies from the Opposition and has reportedly been disrespected by the people of the US.
B.NaMo tries to arise a sense of Unity among the Indians whereas Trump tends to challenge the unity of America as a whole
C.Trump is known to be much of an opportunist whereas NaMo has been a member of the same party throughout his political career
Well they both are similar in a few aspects too..
A.Both are known to be intensely patriotic
B.Both have been focusing a lot on the modification of the Foreign policies of their respective nations
Thanks For Reading my Answer :)
Hriddhiman Dutta

What is the point of Swach Bharat mission in poor country like India?

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PS : First of all India is not a poor country. Its poorly administered and ruled country.
Now let me tell you some straight benefits of Swach Bharat Abhiyaan:
  1. Foreign Investment
  • We can attract more foreign players to invest in India. They will be provided with clean campuses, eco-friendly special economy zones and clean-healthy working environment.
  • Multinational companies will come out of Metros and small cities will be developed equally. This scenario will gradually reduce the dis-balance between small and big cities.
  • Above two will automatically raise our GDP, FDI and domestic employment opportunities.
2. Tourism
  • We will see enormous growth in foreign tourism in our country.
  • Tourism industry will rise and will generate employment subsequently. Which will further increase our GDP, employment rate, business opportunities and Foreign currency reserve.
  • Tourist will feel better and the message of Clean India will be transmitted throughout the world.
3. Health Benefits
  • People will not die of diseases caused by unhygienic living conditions.
  • Mortality rate per birth will be reduced.
  • Expenditure of millions of dollar on health facilities will be reduced and that money will be used in development of this country.
4. Cost cutting
  • In many sectors like (Cleaning, maintenance of slums, sewers etc) cost/investment will be much reduced.
  • The money generated after reducing cost on these sectors will be used for development of this country.
5. Happy India - Healthy India
  • India will be a healthy and happy country.
  • Rising the chart of health index and happiness index will subsequently generate money through better productivity, less expenditure of health maintenance and less expense on curing deadly diseases caused by unclean surroundings and society.
Thanks,
Ravi


Akshay Joshi

Question like this can be answer to : what makes Indians sad ?
Swachh Bharat mission , the name itself is simple and self explanatory.We all will agree that even some of the most posh localities of India have problems of garbage disposal.Dirty places and heaps of garbage at unwanted places has unfortunately become part of our life.
Don't to u think it is a nice idea to live in a neat and clean surrounding irrespective of cast, sex , political preferences, language , age etc.
As far as India being a poor country is concerned , yes slums from slumdog millionaire do exist.But that does not make us a poor country.Btw India is now 6th biggest economy in the world ,its better than Britain.


Deepak Yadav

Because cleanliness is something everyone needs to take care of (both rich and poor)
Just because a certain section is poor that does not means that they dont deserve a clean surrounding
Cleanliness will reduce diseases and make people healthier and save our money spent on diseases which are easily avoidable
Just because we have a section that is poor that doesnt means we stop investing on their overall well being and just give them free food (Although we need to find a solution to that problem too)
So, in short Swach Bharat Mission will make India cleaner,healthier and save lives :)