Prime Minister Narendra Modi Book “Modi@20 Dreams Meet Delivery” Release, Is A Turning Of A Page
By D N Singh
Dreams rarely come true when traveling through the zig-zags of politics under a compulsion of a committed delivery. But the Prime Minister of India has surpassed gigantic odds to see his dream of delivery transform into reality.
The latest book on him, “Modi@20 Dreams Meet Delivery” which was launched on Wednesday in Delhi, speaks vividly as how he has made a spectacular blend of governance remaining rooted with the masses.
The journey, in fact, started much before he realized that politics of delivery would come his way so soon. It started when he took over the reins of Gujarat as the chief minister and quickly rose up on the horizon of politics as a successful leader.
From there on started the bigger part of his journey as the Prime Minister of India, a humongous responsibility and commitment for a nation like India, with a diverse cultural and linguistic mix of a population of over 135 cr.
His skill as a charismatic communicator did the magic and despite some initial hurdles he skill fully won the faith of the larger mass and so far remains unstoppable.
The book Modi@20 Dreams Meet Delivery” narrates the details of the entire political journey detailing his experiments and achievements throughout.
His stature has, meanwhile, grew to cross the national boundaries projecting him as a leader of global stature.
On the occasion of the launching of the book, Modi@20, the Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu, hailed the successful journey of Modi right from his tenure as the Gujarat chief minister to this date as one of the most sough after leaders of India.
The “Modi @20: Dreams Meet Delivery’ book, which looks into the 20 years of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s model of governance at the Centre. “The book presents different facets of the distinct thought process, the pioneering, pro-active approach and the quintessential, transformational leadership style that Narendra (bhai) Modi has come to be so closely identified with,” Naidu said at the ceremony.
He said, the book describes the experiential journey of Modi since he left his house at the tender age of 17 and set out on a mission of knowing himself, his country and finally define the mission of transforming India.
Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister, called the PM an efficient leader. He said “despite Modi’s lack of experience, the latter was made the CM of an earthquake-prone state, which he ran efficiently and won several re-elections”.
“PM Modi didn’t even have experience in running panchayat when he was made a CM to run an earthquake-marred state. Despite that, he won continuously and ran the state quite efficiently,” Shah was quoted.
“Eight years of Modi govt led to the global debate on terrorism. He has practised development-focused diplomacy, focused on border infra development to meet security challenges; takes interest in trade, & addressed all our embassies to reach $400 bn exports,” he said.
Edited and compiled by BlueKraft Digital Foundation and published by Rupa, “Modi @ 20: Dreams Meet Delivery” is a compilation of chapters authored by Shah, Ajit Doval, Sudha Murty, Nandan Nilekani, Arvind Panagariya, S Jaishankar, Lata Mangeshkar, P V Sindhu and Nripendra Misra among others.
With agency Inputs
