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Why Modi makes a difference...

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It is not difficult to understand that PM of the country can only show you the way to do better things, he is not going to do it for you. Yes, it is only for optics. PM Narendra Modi is a publicity magnet himself. He doesn't need to do any optics to get famous anymore. Whatever he does becomes a news. He knows his videos and pictures are shared on SM platforms by millions. He is very much conscious in sending positive images which will leave lasting impressions. Each of his pictures are sending a very powerful message. These  messages are working on our subconscious minds and changing the narrative set for years. He is changing India and Indians by these pictures, very subtly but surely.

Understanding Demonetisation: 99% currency coming back into banking system is actually measure of its success, not failure

Reposting my article on Demonetisation written 2 years ago: Understanding Demonetisation: 99% currency coming back into banking system is actually measure of its success, not failure Where the demonetisation debate turns bizarre is when self professed well-informed critics take a single data point, like return of 99 percent of devalued currency, and argue that this signifies "utter failure of the motive" and hence demonetization has failed. This attempt to base a sweeping judgement on a single matrix is being done by that section of the elite upper class and / or leftovers - who suffer from a reflexive derision of Modi, and wouldn't budge from making a political point in the garb of economic prudence. Their problem with Modi is essentially that they are no match to him. Let us analyse their core argument and see how it is flawed. First, nowhere did the government make any definitive claim that a huge amount of devalued currency would never return, much less mention...