Modi has led from the front by calling himself India’s first sewak or servant. Modi’s nationalism, thus, is the chant of the mantra of unity, not division. In the process, some of his admirers have gone to the extent of calling Modi the yuga purush, the epochal man. This is the most important thing to bear in mind when trying to understand the phenomenon that is Modi. The idea of Narendara Modi is more important than Narendra Modi himself.

Source: Mint September 11, 2016 17:15 UTC