View: Making sense of Gujarati ‘Asmita’, from Mahatma to ModiThe state’s spirit of social cohesion has remained as strong as ever after the turbulent eighties
24 Nov, 2022, 01.20 PM IST
'Gujarati Asmita' has always worked for BJP in state pollsDays before Prime Minister launched the slogan "Aa gujarat mai banvyu chhe" (I made this Gujarat) in his first election rally after declara...
09 Nov, 2022, 12.03 AM IST
From Gujarati Asmita to Chowkidar: Common thread in Modi’s campaignModi watchers in Gujarat maintain that the common thread of Narendra Modi’s campaign has been swapping identity with his supporters.
20 Mar, 2019, 10.22 AM IST
Gujarat lion deaths: Congress leader Ahmed Patel writes to PM ModiRajya Sabha MP from Gujarat said the death of Gir lions is a "manifestation of negligence" and "result of the state government's prolonged ...
06 Oct, 2018, 04.21 PM IST
Gujarat verdict: PM Modi alone snatched game away from Congress, say AnalystsAnalysts said Modi’s political messaging was simple – to counter anti-incumbency by exhorting voters to retain the BJP government that had ...
19 Dec, 2017, 01.28 PM IST
Wishing India a happy Gujarat: The defining images of the great democratic festivalThis was an election that saw the highs and the lows of politicking, nitpicking and politics; temple visits and temper tantrums; the pullin...
18 Dec, 2017, 07.31 AM IST
Congress campaign targets specific voters, questions Gujarat modelWhile BJP is seeking to turn the election into a question of Gujarati pride and cash in on Modi’s popularity in the state, Cong does not wa...
01 Nov, 2017, 12.51 AM IST
Gujarat polls: Challenging for Congress to build on unexpected breakthrough it got through youth leadersCongress, on paper, looks at the nearly 13% Patels, 15% tribals, 7% Dalit and a slice from 50% OBCs (in addition to 10% Muslims) as wooable...
26 Oct, 2017, 12.38 AM IST
Gujarat Congress makes it ‘caste grievances’ against BJP’s ‘Hindutva plank’The BJP’s recent rift with Patels, its core supporters, has given Congress an unexpected opportunity to forge a new social rainbow with Dal...
23 Oct, 2017, 01.54 AM IST
Why Amit Shah, Narendra Modi leaving nothing to chance in Gujarat pollsThe flurry of political engagements of Modi-Shah indicates uncertainty regarding a terrain that may have changed of late.
05 Oct, 2017, 11.19 PM IST
BJP campaign invokes asmita, talks vikaas, hits out at CongressInvoking Gujarati asmita (pride), the four-minute song released by BJP says “Gujarat thi che Bharat, Bharat thi Gujarat” (Gujarat is becaus...
02 Oct, 2017, 12.31 AM IST
Mail bags with 1 lakh DNA samples from Bihar await signal from PM Narendra Modi’s OfficeThese bags with 1 L samples — largely hair strands, nail clippings — are now PMO property, which has not given any directions to Dept of Po...
16 Sep, 2015, 10.22 AM IST
Reservation for Patels: Four factors that led to the revolt in GujaratWhat Gujaratis want — and many Gujaratis in India and in the US believe this too — is payback. The last 14 years in Gujarat, have been defi...
30 Aug, 2015, 07.19 AM IST
Gujarat companies seek visibility by riding on Narendra Modi bandwagon“The stock of Gujarati business has been rising ever since Modi became India’s 15th prime minister," says Behram Mehta, an industrialist.
31 May, 2014, 11.34 AM IST
In Gujarat an average voter believes Narendra Modi is a leader who has brought order in the systemCritics argue that entrepreneurial Gujarat has always had a higher growth rate among states. What Modi has done is to cleverly build his ow...
02 Apr, 2014, 12.16 PM IST
- Modi is darling of pravasis
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi emerged the poster boy at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on Wednesday.
10 Jan, 2008, 04.05 AM IST
- Merchant of dreams: Why Brand Modi ticks?
In a series of campaign trail television interviews that Narendra Modi gave sitting in his airconditioned rath, this one really stood out.
24 Dec, 2007, 02.25 AM IST