The Modi era has found a name: Amrit kaal. Conjured up last year in wake of the dreadful Covid Wave II, it is now official, finding mention – according to statisticians with nothing better to do – in the prime minister’s Red Fort ramparts speech, all of 14 times. Narendra Modi’s contradicting of Himanta Biswa Sarma the other day on the next prime minister (PM) has put at rest the question that plagued Nehru starting about a similar juncture in his tenure: ‘After Nehru, who?”
Powerful piece, Ali. Let us hope we choose wisely