Modi's First Year
The new channels analyzed to death the Modi government’s performance over the last year. Funnily, a couple of outcomes of the current government’s policies came to light only after that media phase had ended! Love him or hate him, Modi knows to switch his interfaces based on context. As the political campaigner, he takes shots at the likes of Mamata Banerjee. But as Prime Minister of India, he can work with her as CM of West Bengal! Publically. Like when he ratified the recent Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh at Dhaka with Mamata also present. The issue has been hanging since 1974! What’s in it for India? GVC Naidu wrote an excellent article explaining the benefits: 1) The deal solves 4,000 km of land border problem. 2) 50,000 people thus move from a stateless situation to falling on one side. 3) Indian cargo ships can now use Chittagong and Mongla ports in Bangladesh, which drastica...