Mirage of development – LYLA BAVADAM

Social development indicators in Gujarat are poor, proving that development in the State is lopsided. AJIT SOLANKI/AP Chief Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the inauguration of the 6th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar on January 11. On a hot day last November near Rajkot, Ramjibhai Patel, an octogenarian farmer, pointed to the middle distance and said, “See that lake?” There was indeed a shimmer … Continue reading Mirage of development – LYLA BAVADAM

No Humans In Modi’s “Development” – Mukul Dube

27 March, 2013 Countercurrents.org Narendra Modi of the RSS is an ambitious man who seems to want to become the prime minister of the country. His propaganda machine never speaks of the violence in 2002 in the state he ruled and rules, but it constantly plugs his hand in its development. I do not propose here to question the claims of development that he makes … Continue reading No Humans In Modi’s “Development” – Mukul Dube