With Chowkidars Like These, the Nation has Nothing to Fear – By Pariplab Chakraborty
The prime minister launched his re-election campaign by renaming himself ‘Chowkidar Narendra Modi’ on Twitter, and called on his ministers, cadre and supporters to follow suit.
‘Chowkidar’ Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is India’s I-T Minister, bragged to the press about the numbers the#MainBhiChowkidar campaign had achieved online. There was even a feel-good music video publicising Modi’s campaign.
The word ‘chowkidar’, or watchman in English, carries with it an implicit promise of protection. So just how good is Chowkidar Narendra Modi’s track record?…
https://thewire.in/rights/in-illustrations-five-times-our-chowkidars-could-not-prevent-hate-crimes
SEE ALSO:
- Time of lynch mobs – By Ziya Us Salam (Apr 12, 2019, Frontline)
https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article26642124.ece - How New India Developed its Own Lynch Culture in Just Five Years – By Harshvardhan Tripathy (Mar 30, 2019, The Citizen)
https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/2/16590 - India needs more jailed crooks, not more watchmen – By SA Aiyar (Mar 24, 2019, Times of India)
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Swaminomics/india-needs-more-jailed-crooks-not-more-watchmen/ - Exercise in manipulation – By C.P. Chandrasekhar (Apr 12, 2019, Frontline)
https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article26642708.ece
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