PM Modi’s real ‘parivartan’ has gone almost unobserved because of India’s new elite | The Indian Express

PM Modi’s real ‘parivartan’ has gone almost unobserved because of India’s new elite | The Indian Express

Written by Tavleen Singh |Updated: November 24, 2019 9:57:45 am

Tavleen Singh, a leading Columnist associated with The Indian Express. Find all Columns from Tavleen Singh here.

PM Modi’s real ‘parivartan’ has gone almost unobserved because of India’s new elite

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought real ‘parivartan’ that has gone almost unobserved.

On social media, an army of vicious BJP trolls, led by truly venomous women, use this word daily to attack anyone who is seen as a critic of Modi or the new elite.

Only once have I been invited to meet Narendra Modi without seeking an audience. It was because of a piece I wrote in this column in the summer of 2013, when it was becoming clear to me that he could become prime minister. This possibility was also becoming clear to people in the highest echelons of political power and this made them nervous. I wrote that they were frightened that if Modi breached the walls of privilege that shield Lutyens Delhi from ordinary Indians, he would take away their privileges and their power. I believed then that he would rid this privileged enclave of the officials (elected and unelected) who squat there at our expense. And, force them to live less like colonial rulers.