Tharoor beefed up his argument further
As Tharoor said in his Huffington Post op-ed, Modi's behavior post his
great electoral win is a 'welcome surprise' from "a man with a reputation of
brooking no dissent and riding roughshod over opposition during his twelve years
at the helm in Gujarat".
However Modi seems determined to prove Tharoor right and is sticking firmly
to his '2.0' avatar - the picture of mature statesmanship. And this was evident
yesterday in his conduct during the joint session of Parliament.
While it is unclear just how much an impromptu 'hand clasp' will help in
terms of thawing relations, it is definitely a start. And Modi is being
particularly clever here. He knows that a significant portion of India's
population is watching him with trepidation. By choosing to consistently take
the higher road as he did in Parliament yesterday, he is winning them over bit
by bit.
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