It’s been more than a year that Narendra Modi became India’s Prime Minister after a massive victory purely based on his own charm and charisma!

No mean feat for sure in a country of billions with diverse ideologies and multiple political parties all trying everything in the book and outside of it to grab power or to hold on to it.

Even though his appeal is fading away, which is obvious as nothing is permanent; the way his opponents are ganging up against him is mind-boggling! It may be an ego-boost for him, but for an outsider it does look like an uneven competition.

On one hand you have one party, BJP and its smaller companions forming the government, while on the other hand you have the entire opposition rallying up against him. In the forthcoming Bihar elections, Congress has tied up with Nitish Kumar’s JD (U) and  Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD to give stiff competition to Modi. We don’t know who is going to win or lose, but the fact that such stalwarts are not fighting graft, corruption or poverty caused by their own parties in the past few decades of rotten rule and are in fact training their guns at Modi baffles everyone. Is Modi such a huge figure that instead of working on issues for the common man, the political parties are only trying to prevent BJP to come to power?

Every election rally or media interview is aimed at taking pot-shots at Modi or his policies. Agreed, he hasn’t done wonders for the country and many of his ministers and party-people have been in the habit of putting their foot in the mouth. Also, I agree that the promises made before the general Lok Sabha elections were too huge to be fulfilled and were made to catch votes. Still the question is that the parties that are hitting at him, what has been their track record?

For one, Nitish Kumar did bring a change in Bihar. Not only the economy grew, but it became a safer state compared to what it was during Lalu’s rule. So why has Nitish become so desperate for power that he has shook hands with Lalu? What about Congress? Have they all forgotten the multitude of corruption cases piling-up against the party for which there are no satisfactory answers? Lalu’s track record is for all to see and there can’t be any argument!

This does look like just power-struggle instead of any genuine attempt to serve the common man. At least at the centre, Modi is ‘seen’ to be working for the betterment of the country. That perception also does wonders when we compare to UPA 2 when not even a leaf moved from its place! The heartening fact is that whether it is due to UPA’s policies or Modi’s efforts, the country is in a much better place economically than it was a year ago.

Bihar elections might remind everyone whether Modi is still the behemoth he is considered to be or is losing his sheen. But whatever happens, one thing is for sure that even after one year of grabbing power, he is still instilling fear in his opponents for them to lose their sleep and join hands with their enemies to hold on to power at any cost!

India hasn’t seen such a leader in many many years! Let’s hope we get many more of Modi’s kind, of course in an improved and refined manner!

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The Bihar mass cheating videos, when released last week, spread like wildfire. Every news channel in India wanted to telecast the desperation of parents in helping their ward clear the board exams.

I mean who wouldn’t want to miss the action wherein parents and relatives climbed walls of the examination centre just to throw a few chits towards their children, right? The video did, however, leave many people awestruck.

Parents and relatives assisting their wards during exam in Bihar

One would only have have to wonder what the local government will do as a precautionary measure to ensure such repetitions never occur. Maybe they are trying even, though it is unclear as to how they would bring it into picture.

Nevertheless, it is Lalu Prasad Yadav, the former Chief Minister of Bihar, has the perfect solution.

While addressing the audience at a recent function, the Bihar politician said, “Had it been my government we would have given books to examinees to write”.

Lalu Prasad Yadav addressing the audience at a public function

Isn’t it thoughtful of him? Who would not want one such person leading them on an international scale?!!

Seriously, think about it. Picture around 60 students in every classroom writing answers to the questions diligently…WITH A BOOK RESTING BY THEIR SIDE FOR REFERENCE!!!

Yadav’s support of the open-book exam will ensure that no student fails an examination in the foreseeable future. Wouldn’t parents love that; wouldn’t children appearing for the exams love that?

If this exam system, for some reason, gets implemented, this is how our daily lives would change –

– No mother, before her child leaves for the exam hall, will have to take the pain of preparing dahi-shakkar, which apparently brings good luck.

– Parents would be spared the risks of climbing tall buildings to help their offspring clear one of the most important tests of their lifetime. Think of all the possible accidents the open-book system could successfully evade.

– Deepika Padukone making an appearance on one of the TV channels and speaking about depression created a lot of hullabaloo. With examination being one of the reasons for depression, which further leads students to committing suicide, open-book examination actually makes sense. No more killing self!

– Again, parents can live freely knowing that their wards would not practice any form of self-harm. No mother in Indian history would ever recite the dialogue from 3 Idiots like Farhan Qureshi’s mother did “Pareshan hai bechara. Khuda na kare Raju jaisa kuch kar baithe to”.

Lalu Prasad Yadav even managed in getting support from senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi. (Wonder what the other Modi has to say about this Modi’s interference with Bihar’s education system!) Supporting Yadav’s recommendation of open-book system, he said, “Open book system in examination is prevalent in prominent universities in America and elsewhere in the world. It has the logic that only student who has read the book could trace the answer”.

BJP politician Sushil Kumar Modi has offered support to Yadav’s open-book exam

Lalu Prasad Yadav’s history of bringing the Indian Railways a ton of profits during his reign as the Minister of Railways is known to everyone. Think of the drastic change (good…or bad) that he can bring to the education system in India, if he is some day elected as India’s Education Minister.

Godspeed, my Motherland.

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