Modi’s Greatest Trick: Turning Our Deepest Insecurities Into A System of Governance Published @ Huffington Post - India Biplab Sarkar, Be Waiting. Watercolor and pen on paper, 2019. Shot by the author at the Art Fair, Delhi, 2020. (co-authored with Rajendran Narayanan) The prime minister has taught people to measure their state exclusively against others’ miseries, tricking them into forgiving his many sins – from demonetisation to jobs to Swachh Bharat. There’s an old folktale that goes like this: to redeem his ills, a man prayed hard and long. His prayers bore fruit when god appeared and granted… By Sayandeb Chowdhury | May 22, 2019 | Tags: Opinion, Politics, republic | Read More