The old order changeth,yielding place to new. Modi is no stranger to Lord Alfred Tennyson's pithy dictum. From the time he took charge Modi has been affecting changes in the order of things. Names has been changed, institutions demolished,personalities eased out of position of power.
The latest salvo has been fired by Khadi Gram Udyog Commission on behalf of Modi. In the calender of the Commission Modi has replaced Mahatma Gandhi as the icon of Khadi. He is shown seated behind a spindle and spinning a khadi yarn and an acquiesent and beaming Gandhi is relegated to background.
Party motormouth have done their duty overtime since then. Heath Minister of Haryana Anil Vij has endorsed the move, and called Gandhi a personage of bad omen. The name of Gandhi has devalued notes. Modi is a better brand than Gandhi, he continues in the same bad breath.
Facts and figures have been tossed up to bolster the claim that Brand Modi has given the Khadi business a strong fillip, its business has been boosted, and people have embraced the cloth as never before.
Though an obstinacy to change unto new ways is seen as an regressive mindset, some icons need to be preserved for their totemic value. Gandhi is one such icon. However, it is imperative that newer symbols and perosnalities, as well as ways and means should be adopted to carve new niches in old institutions.
However, too much of Modi acts as a backlash. It is interpretated as showmanship, as an effort to dominate and smother.
The silence of Modi in this matter, as in every other, is deafening.
Modi should speak and set matters to rest. He should maintain sanctity of institutions and should prove by his actions as well as words.
He should know that surfeit of Modi can well translate into no Modi.
The latest salvo has been fired by Khadi Gram Udyog Commission on behalf of Modi. In the calender of the Commission Modi has replaced Mahatma Gandhi as the icon of Khadi. He is shown seated behind a spindle and spinning a khadi yarn and an acquiesent and beaming Gandhi is relegated to background.
Party motormouth have done their duty overtime since then. Heath Minister of Haryana Anil Vij has endorsed the move, and called Gandhi a personage of bad omen. The name of Gandhi has devalued notes. Modi is a better brand than Gandhi, he continues in the same bad breath.
Facts and figures have been tossed up to bolster the claim that Brand Modi has given the Khadi business a strong fillip, its business has been boosted, and people have embraced the cloth as never before.
Though an obstinacy to change unto new ways is seen as an regressive mindset, some icons need to be preserved for their totemic value. Gandhi is one such icon. However, it is imperative that newer symbols and perosnalities, as well as ways and means should be adopted to carve new niches in old institutions.
However, too much of Modi acts as a backlash. It is interpretated as showmanship, as an effort to dominate and smother.
The silence of Modi in this matter, as in every other, is deafening.
Modi should speak and set matters to rest. He should maintain sanctity of institutions and should prove by his actions as well as words.
He should know that surfeit of Modi can well translate into no Modi.
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