Even before he ascended to power in May 2014, political pundits had been debating if Narendra Modi as Prime Minister would be different from what he was as Chief Minister of Gujarat. Since then experts have been queuing up to offer their assessment of the man, who was once, a pariah on the global political map. Today however, he seems to be much revered.
Liberals in India and abroad have decried Modi and his brand of politics for years. They have charged him with having presided over a government that is alleged to have looked the other way when thousands of Muslim minorities in his state of Gujarat were being massacred by Hindu mobs. Modi however, ascended to power in New Delhi despite the liberal opposition. Continue reading