Saturday, 3 June 2017

Modi vs Megyn Kelly :
Donald Trump should learn from Narendra Modi  how to handle and tame hostile media

Varanasi. World saw Narendra Modi's stunning performance in SPIEF while tackling loaded questions from NCB anchor Megyn Kelly . He showed Kelly her place while addressing her in tum term instead of  aap. In Hindi language, in a formal gathering, a person should be addressed as aap with appropriate verb.  Modi began with aap but preferred verb used for pronoun tum- "aap charcha kar rahi ho" instead of "aap charcha kar  rahi hain". It is Modi's way to belittle a person.
Modi, just before the group interview, perhaps, fathomed Kelly's journalistic skill and knowledge when lady asked foolishly, are you on twitter! A  world leader with 30 million followers took time and labour to surf Kelly's twitter account  before meeting the anchor. Kelly on the other hand , with typical American ignorance and inflated ego, did not do her home work. Modi often throw first question on an interviewer, when he obliges a journalist to interview him , have you done your homework? So, when Kelly asked, are you on twitter ? Modi treated her with disdain at a time of his choosing. And moment came when Kelly tried to push Modi in US election interference mud. Modi said, " You are talking about US, Germany, Russia and big leaders like  Trump, Merkel, Hillary and Putin. I am too small a person to act as a lawyer for these leaders." This is typical Dobia Paat manoeuvre of Indian wrestling, Dhobia Paat is used against opponent just like a Dhobi (washreman) beats, washes and dashes the cloth on a stone slab. What Putin could not do, Modi did for his time tested friend.
Kelly, no doubt, framed her question intelligently . She asked,  Modi, do you believe  Putin that Russia has nothing to do with state sponsored interference in US elections ? "state sponsored interference" is akin to "state sponsored terrorism", an Indian  refrain aimed at Pakistan. Modi knows all the tricks of journalists and blunted the Kelly's arrow with Modian precision .
Modi in contemporary world politics is undoubtedly best media handler and media tamer. 

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