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" The creed of Hindutva that shapes Modi’s worldview says
nothing original or new regarding modern government, if it says
anything about this at all. It expresses a burning desire to make
Bharat Mata great but articulates no pathway of leading her there.
Modi wanted to shake up the system but didn’t know what to
add to or remove from it. He was not conservative in the sense that
he respected and continued with and built on the traditions of
government. He was radical, intent on fundamental change. But his
radicalism came without a central thesis and with no guiding text. It
was introduction of chaos to no particular end. The result,
unsurprisingly, was more chaos. His ‘disruptions’, a word beloved of
the tech set but loaded with grave consequences for the weak and
the poor, were unattached to any core ideology.
Disruption to what end? Disruption of whose lives? This was not
important. "

, Price of the Modi Years


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 quote : The creed of Hindutva that shapes Modi’s worldview says<br />nothing original or new regarding modern government, if it says<br />anything about this at all. It expresses a burning desire to make<br />Bharat Mata great but articulates no pathway of leading her there.<br />Modi wanted to shake up the system but didn’t know what to<br />add to or remove from it. He was not conservative in the sense that<br />he respected and continued with and built on the traditions of<br />government. He was radical, intent on fundamental change. But his<br />radicalism came without a central thesis and with no guiding text. It<br />was introduction of chaos to no particular end. The result,<br />unsurprisingly, was more chaos. His ‘disruptions’, a word beloved of<br />the tech set but loaded with grave consequences for the weak and<br />the poor, were unattached to any core ideology.<br />Disruption to what end? Disruption of whose lives? This was not<br />important.