Current General Studies Magazine (March 2016)
General Studies - II "Debate Based Article" (Team India is at work)
From foreign policy to the economy, urban development to people’s empowerment,Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kept the faith all of India reposed in him two years ago
The sheer force of the aspirations of Young India led Narendra Modi from Gandhinagar to Delhi in May 2014. India, in its hour of deep crisis, found its man of the moment in Mr. Modi. After two years of that historic verdict, the pertinent question to ask is if the Modi-led government is walking the talk.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s strong foray into the Northeast by winning Assam is a part of the narrative that had begun to unfold in 2014. It is a reassertion of the confidence of aspiring India in Prime Minister Modi. Bihar and Delhi were the exceptions to this general rule.
Many a milestone
The major outcome of the last two years has been that India has begun to regroup with a new sense of purpose and a programme of action breaking away from a sense of despair.
The aspirations of individual citizens and of India as a collective are closely intertwined in the globalised world. To help people fulfil their aspirations, India needs to be pushed to newer horizons in the intricate global order by playing to its strengths. This is where Mr. Modi has done a great deal. The world now takes India more seriously than ever before. While the leading economic powers look at India’s market potential, Mr. Modi is clever enough to turn it to our advantage. ‘Make in India’ is one such example.
According highest priority to restoring India’s image internationally, the Prime Minister struck a personal equation with U.S. President Barack Obama, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and other world leaders, while his unscheduled stopover at Lahore to greet Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on his birthday clearly showed his innovative approach on the foreign policy front.