Many flashes in the pan routinely propped up as the ‘next big thing’. Kanhaiya Kumar, Hardik Patel & now Tikait.

Why don't they last enough to erode Modi?

Worried about the continuous onslaughts nonetheless & what we can do about it?

Read on..

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1/ To try to understand Modi's overall approach as I see it, I'll rely on a financial term.

Modi is, to borrow a phrase I've seen @harshmadhusudan use often, 'long India'. You're ‘long’ when you invest in / own something expecting it to continually rise in the long term.

2/ Modi has invested his all in a fund that is most valuable to him - a fund he, together with his team, actively manages.

The fund is, India.

That fund comprises of national security, healthcare, economy, social empowerment and so on.

He is long India.

3/ If you track Modi’s public addresses or social media posts, almost 75% of them pertain to the ‘boring’ stuff.

Kisaan Sammaan Yojana, Jan Dhan, rural empowerment, LPG, strengthening the defense sector etc.

India grows if all its sectors grow - the 'boring' approach.

4/ Kanhaiya, Hardik, Tikait etc are relied upon by forces inimical to India to go short on India.

Going short on something essentially means you bet that it’ll fall in value.

You don’t actually invest in / own the asset because your position is that the asset will lose value.