‘˜Moditva’ essentially denotes to the philosophy through which Modi is trying to capture the imagination of the people of this country.
BJP prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi should thanks cartoonist Sudhir Tailang who coined the term ‘Moditva’ few years ago. Today, the word has earned global presence. Well, at least it is trending on twitter since morning.
Modi’s popularity is on an all time high and the popular discourse, especially among the youth, is catching up with his ideas. ‘Moditva’ essentially denotes to the philosophy through which Modi is trying to capture the imagination of the people of this country.
Taking cue from this word, author Sidhharth Mazumdar has written a book titled ‘Moditva – the Idea behind the Man’. The book was released today by BJP president Rajnath Singh in Delhi. According to BJP website, the book is “an attempt to analyze, evaluate and explain the vision of Modi”.
The book has a collection of 14 short essays drawn from the quotes of Modi on critical challenges facing the country such as economy, governance, education etc. Through these essays, Mazumdar has tried to establish an ancient Indian connect to each quote. Every idea of Modi presented in the book is validated by a successful international and domestic example.
Published by Navbharat Sahitya Mandir, Ahmedabad (Gujarati and English editions) and Prabhat Prakashan, Delhi (Hindi edition), the book has been edited and compiled by Citizens for Accountable Governance, which is a youth professional body with over 2,00,000 onground volunteers trying to shape public discourse in India.
Prior to the release, the twitter handle of RSS asked a question:
What is #Moditva according to you?
— SanghParivar.Org (@SanghParivarOrg) February 25, 2014
The tweeples overwhelmingly gave answer to this question, each explaining what ‘Moditva’ was to them. Though twitter is flooded with such tweets, here are few capturing the essence:
Use of technology for redressal of public grievances is #Moditva
— नंदीता ठाकà¥à¤° (@nanditathhakur) February 25, 2014
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. #Moditva
— Meenaxi Khanna (@MeenaxiKhanna) February 25, 2014
@ArvindKejriwal ditched people of Delhi! now nation has learnt that u make false promises & runaway from the responsibilities! #Moditva
— Aniket (@Aniketrockstar) February 25, 2014
#Moditva is NationFirst Every Nataionalist is joining BJP Sanjeev Tripathi, former RAW chief joins BJP today. http://t.co/CV80stVGfL
— धनजीत गिरी #HDL (@dhanjitgiri) February 25, 2014
A nation where women can walk on streets at night without the fear of being raped #Moditva
— sakshi takkar (@sakshi_takkar) February 25, 2014
Why cannot India emulate success of Gujarat and Israel in agriculture ? #Moditva #PerDropMoreCrop
— Meenaxi Khanna (@MeenaxiKhanna) February 25, 2014
In a country where cleanliness is next to Godliness, why not #PahleSauchalayaPhirDevalaya. #Moditva
— mahi (@bhanushali_mahi) February 25, 2014
The beauty of e-governance is that a few keystrokes can bring smiles on a million faces #Moditva
— Uttara Kejriwal #HDL (@uttara66) February 25, 2014
Ethics and Equity are at the core of debate of climate change. Debate has to move from Climate Change to Climate Justice #Moditva
— Vivek Agarwal (@agrwal_vivek) February 25, 2014
#Moditva , when will you distribute free laptops in Gujarat. He replied, “I will give them jobs so that they can buy laptops”
— amit kaushik (@amitvkaushik) February 25, 2014
After becoming CM, Modi started “State Wide Drinking Water Grid”, to supply water to far off places. #Moditva. http://t.co/cSOeeiOF59
— Modi Bharosa (@ModiBharosa) February 25, 2014
Over the years, Gujarat has turned into a Global Economy with the presence of global companies http://t.co/xJtmgGTypH #Moditva
— Pankaj Mani Chai® (@impankajmani) February 25, 2014
#Moditva stands for skill development #Moditva stands for empowering youth
— Bunibroto Dasgupta (@Bunibroto) February 25, 2014
I Will Not Live In India If Modi Becomes PM. – Poverty #Moditva
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) February 25, 2014
#Moditva : Politics an opportunity to serve- as Sevak, Sipahi & Chowkidaar guarding National interest in Delhi; Not merely to become Raja
— Nupur Sharma (@NupurSharmaBJP) February 25, 2014
My Definition of #Moditva pic.twitter.com/cU60UnxGIX
— Tajinder Pal S Bagga (@tajinderbagga) February 25, 2014
#Moditva is focusing on blending of tradition and technology,to deliver GoodGovernance to the society at large without anyone being left out
— SankarK (@SMedia4) February 25, 2014
And lastly, on a lighter vein:
Trolls trending #Moditva. They have no idea about virtues of #Papputva
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) February 25, 2014
About Sidhhartha Mazumdar: According to his profile on the website of Tehelka magazine, Siddhartha is a graduate in public policy from Columbia University, New York. He had a brief stint with the United Nations, New York before working as a policy analyst with the Canadian government in Montreal. Currently, in India on a sabbatical, he is a full time member of a Mumbai based nonprofit Citizens for Accountable Governance (CAG ). Apart from giving his comments on current affairs he does a fair bit of day dreaming and enjoys travelling to the wilderness.
