Dear Time Magazine,
Congratulations on focusing your attention to a part of the world you didn’t believe existed until a few years back. As a budding media professional, I must commend you on getting rid of your squinted vision. I also congratulate you for leaping into the biggest election on the planet. As you get to know more about India and Indian elections, you’d realise how simple and linear your life has been. I also commend you for standing up to the cause of your fallen comrades in media.
Time Magazine, you are a joke. Don’t cry because you are not the only one. The entire media fraternity of the world is a joke. You guys have lost it to people like us. You know a person like me, shooting a video like this in an 8 by 8 studio room can reach more people than you in your plush studios. Welcome to a truly democratized world Time Magazine where internet is cheap, information retrieval is easy, and propagation of information is easier. You called my Prime Minister ‘Divider in Chief’. I am sure you had your reasons, but as an Indian, especially as someone who did his bit in ensuring that Narendra Modi sits in the PM chair, I feel it’s my responsibility to shut your elitist mouth with facts and data. Let me narrate a story of unity, which no one ever told you about.
The man you called ‘Divider in Chief’ came up with an inclusion scheme unlike anything seen before. It’s called the Jan Dhan Scheme. He united the poorest of the poor in India with the banking system. At this point of time, the total number of account holders stand at 294.8 million, including 176.1 million account holders from rural and semi-urban branches.
Do you know the same ‘Divider in Chief’ has rid 60 million families from poisonous cooking wood fumes effectively uniting the womenfolk with a better life?
Do you know the ‘Divider in Chief’ got 60 million toilets constructed across the length and breadth of the country thereby uniting people with better health and sanitation facilities?
Do you know the ‘Divider in Chief’ united the whole world as it now jointly celebrates the International Day of Yoga?
Do you know this so-called Hindutva mascot was the first PM in the history of India who empowered Muslim women by abolishing instant Talaq?
Do you know the man you reject as ‘Divider in Chief’ united over 10 crore families with world-class health facilities through the biggest health insurance scheme in the world? That’s 50 crore individuals. That’s 1.5 times the population of America.
UAE, a Muslim country honoured the same man with their highest civilian award. Saudi Arabia, another Muslim country gave him their highest civilian award as well. The same man bagged the first-ever Philip Kotler Presidential Award. South Korea awarded him with their prestigious Seoul Peace Prize 2018. Russia conferred the ‘Order of St Andrew the Apostle’ award upon him. Palestine conferred the ‘Grand Collar of the State’ upon him. The same man bagged the UN Champions of the Earth Award in 2018
And as far as your allegations are concerned? How many big riots took place in his regime? Zero.
How many small riots took place in his regime? Zero.
How many minority community members filed cases against him or his ministers? Zero
You call him divider based on what? Beliefs? Whispers? Unproven allegations? Unsubstantiated data?
Like I said, you are a joke time magazine!
There is economic security, equal opportunity and above all dignity in India now, for the first-time citizens are feeling a sense of ownership and they are more united than ever before, thanks to the man you called ‘Divider in Chief.’
This man has achieved a feat which even ancient kings failed to achieve. He has unified Hindus who were otherwise divided into castes and sub-castes.
This man has achieved a feat which even the most powerful nationalists failed to achieve. He has unified the citizens to stand up for their country and never go down without a fight.
And you have the audacity to call him a divider. Even his enemies got united as soon as he sat in the PM chair.
So there! Time Magazine. Get your copies printed and distribute them among your elitist friends. I’m sure they’ll love it because back here in India, no one cares about you or your rants.
Jai Hind!
thanks to people like you who support the uneducated/criminal pm of india. yes, modi has done a lot of good and he has also done a lot of damage to the people of india, especially the poor. NOBODY dares say anything against him as they will be called anti-nationalist and traitors and thrown into jail. the indian press too have ben warned by modi and company. the supreme court in india has clearly stated that those who criticise the govt have every right to do so as its citizens and that is NOT A CRIME! it is people like you who have elevated modi to god-like status and this has given him permission to be belligerent. you cannot see that your so-called emperor-god wears no clothes. his biggest mistake was CORONA. the fungus did not understand that the virus was greater. time magazine is not without faults, but trying to fault it with your narrative, proves your education did not teach you something called MORALS! keep on licking!
I am sure you have not voted for him. GMKDS
John, the most abused PM in the world is Modi. Does Modi care, no he doesn’t give a crap. His job is to lift all Indians and India. Regarding poor people, he lifting them too. Your name suggests you don’t like to see the truth blinded by your own agenda to hate him. Every reason you need to avoid commenting bcoz ppl like yourself are the reason why India is in gutters and also bankrupted 5 times thanks to Congress and people like yourself who voted them. See who is shaking the bottle before complaining.
There is more press freedom in India now than before 2014.
There are many anti India newspapers who still thrive and left media propogandits who won’t sleep without abusing Modi.
India is above you and politics you don’t seem to understand.
Why don’t you talk about Trump. USA has never been divided as it is presently. Keep your nose out of India’s affairs. You have not lived there, you probably base your ideas on the New York times and Time and other biased media. Just check the stats on Covid deaths in USA. Clean your back yard before criticizing other nations.
You say that nobody would dare say anything against Modi for fear of getting put behind bars or labelled as terrorist/anti-national? Yet another squinted, unsubstantiated claim by an educated illiterate like yourself. IF what you said was actually true, Rahul Gandhi & his congress dogs who indulge in 1-tweet per day against Modi would’ve been put behind bars back in 2014 itself. The so-called media of this nation like – The Print/The Wire/NDTV/Aaj Tak/India Today etc. would have been shut down back in 2014 itself instead of spewing utter non-sense against Modi till date. The SC has ALSO SAID that freedom of speech is NOT ABSOLUTE. But educated illiterate like yourselves conveniently ignore that part of the SC observation to suit YOUR propaganda against Modi. You & people like you can bark however loudly you want but Modi will become the PM once again & I will make sure to go & vote for him if it’s the last thing I do.
lol comical article and comical comments… well they can only say that to backboneless leadership like India.. all talk no action..
Left seems to be domainating in News
Industry.