![]() My response: The Gujarat model, since the BJP came to power in 1995, has been to combine economic development with Hindu cultural nationalism. So here goes: Fr FM: 'The prospect of an alliance of corporate capital and communal forces coming to power constitutes a real threat to the future of our secular democracy.' ![]() Since I have written a book called Modi: Leadership, Governance and Performance (available on and I feel compelled to dissect the assertions of Fr Mascarenhas (Fr FM), though I am by no means an apologist for Modi, but see myself as an journalist prejudiced towards Constitutional values and free markets. 'All the human development index indicators and the cultural polarization of the population show that Gujarat has had a terrible experience in the last ten years,' says Fr Mascarenhas. In an email to students of St Xavier's College, Mumbai, its principal Fr Frazer Mascarenhas has questioned the Gujarat model with its emphasis on private enterprise and growth, while favouring a rights and entitlements approach to development, which is the hallmark of the present government at the Centre (see Times of India, 23 April edition). ![]()
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