Opinions

Bye bye achche din, hello again bure din: PM Modi sings old tune at Mathura rally

The semantic shift in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's anniversary day speech is a clear indicator of what he is comfortable talking about: the past. The future, at the moment, is a no-go area for Modi.

A promise broken: PM Modi's maximum failure on minimum government

Modi may have understood the philosophy of minimum government; but even on this touchstone, he hasn't measured up

Modi's one year: NDA's retail FDI stance continues to flummox as Jaitley contradicts Sitharaman

The government might get everyone’s indulgence when it pats itself on the back at the end of the first year. But it will be under close and harsh scrutiny from now on

One year of Narendra Modi govt: A six-point plan for it to recover its mojo

Nice-to-have schemes like Swachh Bharat cannot take up too much of his time. The PM needs to run a lean, mean, focussed and execution-oriented government. He was elected to do this job— and not anything else

Ignore the markets: A year on, India Inc still firmly behind Narendra Modi

Forbes India-BMR Advisors survey of India Inc shows most feel govt is pro-development

No anniversary press conference for Narendra Modi: One year later, PM still plays safe

This shows PM Modi’s lack of faith in reaching out to the media through the format of a no-holds-barred press conferences where inevitably many uncomfortable questions would pop up.

One year of the Modi govt: Nine features which define the 'New Normal' for Muslims

This is not because the NDA-II has proved to be a different kettle of fish, but because Muslims have adjusted to what can be called the New Normal.

One year of Modi sarkar: EMIs are down but it's a mixed bag of acche din for the aam aadmi

Most communication that works is essentially so simplistic that even a school going child can understand it. Narendra Modi's pitch in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections: “acche din aane waale hain, hum Modi ji ko laane waale hain,” was one such example.

Sabka saath, sabka vikas? Certainly not in PM Modi's adopted village, Jayapur

Modi zeroed in on Jayapur village of Varanasi under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana – a scheme for MPs to adopt a village in their constituency and develop it with all the resources at their command.