by B. R. GOWANI
Modi may be cruel and have blood on his hands
but then he is human
and, like most humans,
Modi craves the human touch,
especially, from the rich and famous,
powerful leaders, celebrities, business tycoons
the political clout generated is extra benefit
married at 18, but left his wife within months
he wandered 2 years all over India
and wanted to serve the nation, so joined the notorious RSS
the right wing Hindu paramilitary organization
with membership restricted to only men
Modi never informed his wife,
never wrote her name on official forms
but in 2014, to contest the premiership,
he was forced to declare his marital status
his jilted wife, destined to be alone, is
Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi
who still considers Modi her husband
in 2014, Jashodaben left her in-laws residence:
He [Narendra Modi] told me once that “I will be travelling across the country and will go as and where I please; what will you do following me?” When I came to Vadnagar to live with his family, he told me “Why did you come to your in-laws’ house when you are still so young, you must instead focus on pursuing your studies.” The decision to leave was my own and there was never any conflict between us. He never spoke to me about the RSS or about his political leanings. When he told me he would be moving around the country as he wished, I told him I would like to join him. However, on many occasions when I went to my in-laws’ place, he would not be present and he stopped coming there. He used to spend a lot of time in RSS shakhas. So I too stopped going there after a point and I went back to my father’s house.
she was sure that her husband would become prime minister in 2014
Modi did become the premier in 2014 and continues in that position
Jashodaben wanted to attend the inauguration ceremony but
the hardworking teacher wife wasn’t invited …
“I wish to be with him. If he calls me, I am eager to start a new life with him. But it has to be he who calls.”
Modi’s politics didn’t even spare his own mother
one of Modi’s greatest blunders was demonetization where
ordinary people went through hell for weeks and months
standing in line to exchange big old bills for new
Modi had his 92 year-old mother Hiraben in a wheel-chair, waiting in line
for what? to exchange her discontinued savings of old bills for new
“…Possibly, God only has sent me for some work, for some purpose.”
that work does not include addressing
the deplorable condition of most Indians,
it seems, God didn’t send Modi for them …
but Modi is God’s good emissary for Ambani, Adani, and others of that ilk
“Until my mother was alive, I used to think I was born biologically. After her demise, when I look at my experiences, I am convinced that I was sent by God.”
even those sent by God need human touch and hugs
mostly from the rich and powerful …
however, clearly stated, Modi is allergic to hugging
Dalit, Christian, and Muslim citizens of India, and
he has no time for resolving or visiting
violence in the dire state of Manipur
from where Modi is still “missing” …
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com