Ever wondered why Narendra Modi never says 'I did it'?
February 22, 2018 15:58
One of the reasons for the defeat of the Atal Behari Vajpayee-led NDA coalition in 2004 was the election slogan: "India Shining'. Instead, a better slogan would have been "India Rising', as L.K. Advani later admitted.
There's a fundamental problem in politicians trumpeting their success and saying "I did it'. Once the story is over, the audience moves on to something else. It looks for other, newer stories.A successful election slogan doesn't seek to end the story but keeps you hooked to it. When a movie ends, you don't even wait to see the credits before you get up and leave. But a TV series ends with some suspense that makes you want to watch the next episode. That is also how successful politicians present their work.
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There's a fundamental problem in politicians trumpeting their success and saying "I did it'. Once the story is over, the audience moves on to something else. It looks for other, newer stories.A successful election slogan doesn't seek to end the story but keeps you hooked to it. When a movie ends, you don't even wait to see the credits before you get up and leave. But a TV series ends with some suspense that makes you want to watch the next episode. That is also how successful politicians present their work.
Read the report here
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