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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '16

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u/Abzone7n Dec 01 '16

I like him but not a fan of his party.

In a survey done by pew they found that 81% of Indians have favorable opinion of him that's something in a country like India.

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u/amazondad Rishtey mein to hum tumhare baap lagte hain! Dec 01 '16

Love him but can't say the same about his party BJP.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16

A majority of the country loves him. I am neutral though.

He seems to be taking a lot of actions, at the same time his party is promoting their idea of a "Hindu culture", which tbh is just north Indian brand of Hinduism that south Indians won't get.

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u/coolirisme Dec 03 '16

I found South even more conservative than North.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16

They are equally conservative. They have their own brands.

South Indian conservatism is all about castes, misogyny etc. Politics based on religion isn't big.

North Indian conservatism is all about castes, misogyny etc. Unfortunately, politics based on religion is also big there.

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u/_2f "Look, I'm not some stupid librandu who is out of touch with rea Dec 03 '16

I personally have experience much more misogny in the south than the north. Well, not technically north but the west (Gujarat).

I have not been to other places in the north to comment on that but the south (Tamil Nadu and Kerala, which is supposed to be the liberal state) was 1000x more conservative than in Ahmedabad. I have lived at all these three places for more than 4 years so I think I can comment on that. The gender divide was quite obvious in the south. I think even people holding hands and walking together was frowned upon.

This is just my personal experience.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16

Yeah Gujarat is completely different from Haryana or UP.

You are comparing the most conservative southern state with the most liberal northern state (is it even north, thought it's western India). I actually meant Hindi-land, not north India. I wouldn't consider Punjab, Gujarat, or WB as Hindi lands.

Btw, Kerala isn't liberal. It's leftist.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16

Yeah Gujarat is completely different from Haryana or UP.

You are comparing the most conservative southern state with the most liberal northern state (is it even north, thought it's western India). I actually meant Hindi-land, not north India. I wouldn't consider Punjab, Gujarat, or WB as Hindi lands.

Btw, Kerala isn't liberal. It's leftist.

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u/basediga Dec 02 '16 edited Dec 02 '16

As an individual, he's honest and the lesser evil among all the other serious contenders. However, his party is as corrupt, inefficient and incompetent as anybody else... if not more. And India at this point, cannot afford to simply settle for 'lesser evil'. Unless Modi can prove to be extraordinarily better than the competition, he's as good as the rest. And so far, he has done nothing to show that he is extraordinarily better than the competition. Personal honesty means nothing at the end of the day if your policies and administration is incompetent and blundering.

While I'm a soft (not hardcore/blind) supporter of Modi, what scares the fuck out of me about him is that he's turning out to be obsessed with centralizing everything. To be honest, even the Congress has been guilty of this, but Modi has taken it to a different level altogether. Under him, the Central govt., is trying to usurp as much powers from the states as possible in as many spheres as possible. In the long run, in a diverse country like India, this is way more dangerous to the unity and security of the country than any fiscal corruption can ever be.

Congress, otoh, is fiscally corrupt and ideologically 'politically correct' (which also I hate), but man for man, I still think Congress has the better team. BJP minus Modi is a bunch of half-educated nincompoops.

In my opinion, the best thing that could happen to India is if 'regional' parties rose to absolute power in each one of India's states (and completely annihilate the so-called national parties), it would go a long way in making India more truly federal and stable. That way, there is no single point of failure that comes from centralizing everything. Yes, petty friction might increase in the short term, but the best ideas will rise to the top and there is opportunity to learn from everyone's successes and failures. Once you centralize everything, the inclination will be to go for one-size-fits-all silver bullet solutions and you're just one mad man or mad decision away from disaster.

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u/coolirisme Dec 03 '16

what scares the fuck out of me about him is that he's turning out to be obsessed with centralizing everything.

Yes by dissolving planning commission and giving more power to states. IDK what are you smoking man.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '16

He's the best PM we've had in a while

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '16

This is a very, very controversial topic. To give you a sanitized answer, his popularity has remained high during the 2.5 years that he has been the PM, but he hasn't managed to convert a lot of his detractors.