How some of India's brightest minds have bought into the Modi myth

May 13, 2014 18:34

Only one man knows the mind of Narendra Modi, and his name is Narendra Modi.

And yet, discarding cynicism and skepticism of political manipulation, several business executives, intellectuals and economists appear to have taken him and his supporters at their word and accepted him as an exemplar of good governance, a protector of equal rights, the harbinger of a Reaganite small government (even though in the Reagan era, US government spending only grew bigger, with larger deficits), a magician who will spark entrepreneurship, and a champion of safety and security for women. Read

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