There's something about Modi !

Just after winning the historic mandate in 2014, Narendra Damodardas Modi said, "Mera samay ka har kshan kshan, aur sharir ka har kan kan - is desh ko samarpit hai."

He declared himself to be a "Pradhan Sevak" 101.

India was at once divided into believers and the non-believers.

For his supporters, Modi is more of a metaphor for 'transformation' than a person. 

Any observer of leaders, would agree with conviction that Mr. Modi has made himself the national agenda, and a person of global interest.

The entire government has been personified by & rechristened after him, i.e. now dubbed as the power packed 'Modi Sarkar.'

After over a decade in power, he still attracts the Indian diaspora crowds in different corners of the world, inspiring & energizing them to not only receive him with an unprecedented pomp & also spontaneously erupting into a ‘Modi-Modi’ chant in chorus. 

And he still manages to enrol the world leaders, all seeking an appointment with him. 

All this, even when he belongs to supposedly the "lowest pedigree" i.e. is a politician vs. being a star in the field of sports, cinema, or music.

Mr. Modi is a rock star !

His rise is half the story. Where he started from & where he reached politically, gives the true picture. We are not even talking of the fact that he is the son of road-side tea seller.

Within weeks of him taking office, the incessant vilification of him by the Indian media, including by the supposedly reputed international dailies & magazines, due to the unfortunate Gujarat riots, had been unprecedented. 

These so-called elite thinkers continue to invoke that incident & feed each other, reference one another, and when that is not enough, quote editorials from Western "liberal" newspapers or criticism of his governance by NRI's living in distant land.

What they all collectively fail to comprehend is, that their scale for measurement of the 'Moditva doctrine' are outdated and their methods are long due for recalibration.

They are always found several steps behind him. And those who attempt to bracket him into one or other rigid image, are proven wrong even before they start.

They don't know if he can be labelled as a nationalist or an internationalist.

He confuses them as he oscillates among his peers by being an absolute traditionalist to then easily transforming into a gen-next future ready techno-geek.

He practices & advocates yoga and demonstrates serenity by sitting still in meditation and then demonstrates himself as the jet-set man on the go, crisscrossing across the Indian sub-continent, the globe included.

He can easily be classified as a capitalist, a suit-boot sarkari-man, and yet be a poor man's favorite, peddling socialism & guardian of the jan-dhan.

Is he a leader of the party known to represent the upper caste or a champion of those like him, who are born in backward class?

For a moment you can win a bet by proving that he's an indulgent megalomaniac and the next moment lose the wager to one who says he's an avowed simpleton.

And is he that celebrity that basks in self-adulation or one that stays away from the daily riff raff of prime time T.V. and practices austerity, "maun" and "upwas" !

A municipality school educated Modi is a thought leader and his vision so vast and deep, that they fail to grasp it, even when it's unfolding right before their eyes.

His razor-sharp focus on both distinct entities i.e. India and Bharat simultaneously, is simply not understood by the media fellows, all who are too distracted and soaked by their own preconceived notions of what an Indian PM must be focusing on.

After all, only strength recognizes strength, and it's an uneven match between the giant and the myopic media.

They continue to paint Mr. Modi as an Islamophobic individual & that once even influenced America - who wrongly banned an elected representative, not found guilty in any court, the Chief Minister of an important state of India from entering America, only to unilaterally withdraw it later. 

As PM, Modi proved how wrong they were by collecting the highest civilian awards from more Islamic republics than any other leader. 

Not withstanding his deep friendship with Russia's Putin, the American presidents' from either side of the political divide have engaged with him as intimate buddies. 

They have even shared newspaper op-ed, radio talk show, including inviting him twice to address joint session of the US congress at one end & at the other a personal dinner at the White House, and have accompanied him at the Indian diaspora event in the US. 

The national & regional parties that were traditionally opposed to each other are facing existential threat because  of him. For survival, they continue to single him out and have launched a united front against the man.

Notwithstanding, the man marches on the beat of his own heart's band. His efforts have paid off. 

Bypassing the negative press, the bottom-line assessment shows that India has certainly arrived on the world stage & now every world leader is found to be either making way for him or accommodating to his agenda !

So, what is the mental make up of the this Modi-man? 

It is said that you are - what you were. And what was Modi-boy like? 

He was a child, born in poverty and nurtured by nature. Before Modi rose up the political ladder through sheer kinetic energy, he was marinated in unconventional childhood.

Let's look at what forces might have worked on him.

While helping his father to make ends meet, he sold tea to passengers from a fragile shop at a railway station. In that, he once experienced serving tea to the jawans heading to the border, some to maybe not return. 

Maybe, that experience nurtured his love for India. 

It is believed that one can defeat the nature's forces that constantly act on you, by subduing and controlling your own personal nature. To do that, for centuries ascetics of the eastern faith often indulge in penance or self pain, by denying themselves even the basic needs. A teenaged Modi had for months given up salt - the basic ingredient of food. 

Maybe, this taught him will power i.e. to act against urge, an endowment available only to the highest order of life.

In his quest to learn the 'truth', hardly an adolescent, he left home in pursuit of a guru who can show him the way. He adapted the monks life for a while. 

Maybe, that taught him to connect with his soul and understand that it's all just a "moh-maya" out there, keeping him in a state of equanimity even in the face of biggest disappointments.

Then as a young man, he traveled the length and breadth of India, meeting different people for very long months. At the time, he never once did sleep under the same roof and ate whatever was handed to him. 

Maybe, that gave him the cutting edge insights into the human thinking & behavior.

As a young RSS recruit, he was handed the first task of cleaning the place, every room, serving food and making arrangements for visitors. He used to wake up early and the drill of simple daily chores went on till the end of the day. He was well appreciated. 

Maybe, that taught him that to rule the world, one must serve it.

Notwithstanding the fact that there is no requirement of nationality in the Indian constitution, there was great hue and cry when Sonia Gandhi was likely to make a claim to be India's prime minister. People could not accept her as she was not born in India & that could be measurable viz evidence of her childhood passport.

What makes Narendra Damodardas Modi so unique, is that though he is acceptable for being born on this soil - this Indian prime minister, the first one to be born in independent India, is not the typical Indian that any Indian has ever met before. 

He may have been fated to be born in India but he is destined to be a global player. He is as much his mother's boy, as he is a nature's child. 

Most of us simply go about leading a purpose-less life. At least we can take heart in the fact that we're led by a man, who has truly found his.

Today, the Modi-man is on the top of the world & screaming - Bharat Mata Ki Jai.

All Indians too must echo back the same in chorus. It is time, it is time !