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1/ Listening to Modi's independence day speech. Holy crap, the guy is good. Most powerful speech I've ever heard an Indian politician make.
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2/ The mix of solid Hindi with peppering of high/low vocab and strategic English words throw in on occasion is genius rhetoric strategy
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3/ Powerful and personal emotional appeal with grand statesmanlike refs to opposition, seeking consensus despite majority, no blame game...
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4/ Very punchy and powerful statement on the rape epidemic: roughly trans to "you police your daughters, do you police your sons?"
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7/ Strong statement against female foeticide. Strong position on women's issues, but cleverly done while affirming family values.
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8/ Genius segueing from topic to topic... from govt servants work ethic to farmers suicides, very revealing prioritizing of topics
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9/ Small scrap directed at rest of world a bit flat...just a "come make in India" manufacturing investment call, then back to domestic
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10/ Heh, neat flip from Nehruvian import substitution rhetoric to "make it and export" small-biz exhortation to innovation.
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12/ Near-perfect take on mobile and e-governance, though with weird call for self-sufficiency in h/w instead of import, unclear meaning
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13/ Quick move from tourism to co-opting Gandhi to make cleanliness and toilets a top priority, but clever to put it after mobile/tech.
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