My Coffee Love

Since the 2014 Lok Sabha elections have started in India, every news channel is donning the hat of Ekta Kapoor. There's drama ("Modi ne Priyanka ko beti kaha"), there's plotting and planning ("Modi not allowed to hold a rally in Banaras!"), direct confrontations ("How did Priyanka Vadra's secretary get entry into Amethi's polling booth") and ofcourse the normal "Nahi, Nahi, Nahi" reactions. Instead of heavy make-up and jewellery, we see everyone in the cotton saree/kurta-pajama (and muffler) look. Each hour of news looks like it is scripted for more masala. Only the inner voice/thoughts of the politicians are missing from the voice over, thankfully so! Here's a quick look at what's happening on Indian News Channels: Verdict against the Culprit Each News Channel hosts a debate wherein the moderator of the debate and the anchor of the sow turns into a typical saas, throwing allegations at the guest who has been...

Off-late every radio station has a song singing praises of Modi, every hoarding has the face of Modi, every person's Facebook and Twitter feed is filled with comments about Modi. I'm sure most of you guys also feel taxed about this! Wherever we go, Modi follows! Thankfully he's not present on my cuppa coffee (phew!!) I don’t have a problem with any party promoting a particular individual as their Prime Minister. In fact, it shows that the party is pretty sure about what it wants. My problem is with BJP's positioning  for this election. BJP has NO other positioning except vote for Modi. Highlighting a few key points as to why this is a problem for a common man: Modi has been talking of Gujarat! What he forgets is, if NDA comes into power and he becomes the PM, he will have to govern the entire country and  not one state! Modi believes that the Gujarat Model of development will work for all states. I'm not even getting into the fact that m...