The greatest trick Modi pulled is not convincing people that he is not responsible for the 2002 pogrom. Lots of people
believe that he is directly or indirectly responsible. But somehow he convinced people that it doesn't matter. Also
10 years of corrupt, incompetent congress goverment made people desperate for change. This reminds me of The Dark Knight quote "You crossed the line first,
sir. You hammered them and in their desperation they turned to a man they didn't fully understand".
The election battle looked like Kerry vs Bush. Rahul Gandhi looked so weak and incompetent to lead a country whereas
Modi projected himself strong(with 52 inch chest!). His PR machinery was so effective that, BJB couldn't have produced the same result with some other leader. My guess is even Modi/BJB was replaced in 5 years, the fallout of this
government will stay longer.
I run a dating site as a side project. For me Google ads are too expensive and I couldn't target a particular
country/age/sex as in facebook. (Yeah, likes are useless. But I just wanted eyeballs.)
But in December they suddenly disapproved all the ads. The official reason is they want to review and remove
inappropriate ads and the advertiser has to apply again on Feb 15. Then I read elsewhere on various forums that
big dating advertisers are still allowed to advertise (I can see some ads) and this is a ploy to reduce the
competition for big players during Valentine's Day season. Or else why Feb 15? Whatever you say about google, at least
they strive to be fair and honest. I think being fair and honest is not in facebook's DNA. (Yeah, It is a throwaway account since I still want to advertise there :( )
The election battle looked like Kerry vs Bush. Rahul Gandhi looked so weak and incompetent to lead a country whereas Modi projected himself strong(with 52 inch chest!). His PR machinery was so effective that, BJB couldn't have produced the same result with some other leader. My guess is even Modi/BJB was replaced in 5 years, the fallout of this government will stay longer.