Global focus on India
With respect, as this May edition of your Brisbane Indian Times come to print, we hear prophesies by some Indian election 2024 pundits that the present occupant of the “Panchavati” will extend his stay in these glories aboard for another 5 years.
Yes, the enviously sought after residency the Panchavati, the highly esteemed official residence of the Indian Prime Minister on 12 acres of prime real estate, 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi.
The incumbent resident of the Panchvati, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, pictured here being conferred the Companion of the Order of Fiji, Fiji’s most prestigious and Highest Civil Award presented here by Fiji’s Prime Minister, Major General (Retired) Sitiveni Rabuka representing the Government and people of Fiji.
Prime Minister Narendra D Modi hails from a non-political family was born on September 17th, 1950, in Vadnagar in the Mehsana District, State of Gujarat, India.
Controversy about his caste has been on going and fuelled by commentators who probably has a political axe to grind, like Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Nonetheless, the former Train Station Tea seller who rose to be the Prime Minister of the world’s largest democracy himself put this caste topic to rest when he affirms his heritage in self-identification as the “sabse bada OBC” (a prominent member of the Other Backward Classes).
The Republic of Indian, in the English language, India is widely referred to as “Bhārat Gaṇarājya”. Of course, in Hindi we refer to India as “भारत”, Bhārat. While in Bengal however, India is referred to as “ভারত”, transliterated as Bharôt.
The Indian Government website, india.gov.in profiles excellently that” India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world with a kaleidoscopic variety and rich cultural heritage”.
Hon Prime Minister Narendra D Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party is seeking another unprecedented third term in office, for increased majority numbers in the “Lok Sabha “, the House of the People, the Lower House of Indian’s bicameral Parliament. A feat achieved only by Shri Mahatma Gandhi’s political heir, Barrister and first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. (1947 – 1964)
The Indian election 2024 is more than an unprecedented historical event with global magnitude. It is indeed a humongous democratic exercise where 969 million Indian voters are expected to cast their vote. That’s 26 million new registered voters since the 2019 elections. Only the brilliance of the Indian mind could strategize such gigantic electoral operations to immaculate precision headed by the Chief Electoral Commissioner of India Shri Rajiv Kumar.
Intricately, the Election Commission of India has synchronised an electoral plan to ensure equal opportunity afforded to each of the 969 million Indian Citizens to cast their vote.
Equal opportunity indeed, even for a geographically isolated solitary lone voter, a monk, Mahant Haridasji Udasinm residing in the dense forests of Gir, home to the Asiatic lion. A unique polling booth has been set up for this single voter. The Election Commission of India, true to her principle that every vote counts. Well, I do not know about you, but us in Brisbane Indian Times, in moments like this lift our heads in pride and gratitude for our India heritage. An endeared demonstration of India’s commitment to democratic processes a testament in the lengths it goes to ensure every citizen can exercise their right to vote.
Our Monk Udasinm’s pooling station in the Lion infested Gir forest is just one of the 10,500 polling Stations over the 82 polling days, manned by around 15,000,000 polling officials travelling by foot, road, special train, helicopter, boat and sometimes elephant.
These figures are mind-blowing, so why not take a glass of water before you continue to enjoy reading Brisbase Indian Times take of this global phenomenon.
Now, let’s breath a bit and equate some semblances say in numeracy in relation to other nations voter numbers. Let’s do a bit of arithmetic of voter numbers; Australia – 17M, Argentina – 36M, Brazil – 156M, Indonesia – 204M, Pakistan – 128M, Bangladesh – 119M, Russia – 114, South Africa – 27M, USA – 168M. All these 9 major populace countries combine would probably equal India’s 969M Indian registered voters. India’s registered voter figure of 969M is around a sixth of the world population.
Credible political commentators predict that Hon Prime Minister Narendra D Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party will be returned to office, this time with an even larger majority over the Congress and coalition partners.
Prime Minister Narendra D Modi’s vision for post-modern India ironically may reverberate the industrial and modernity vision of the father of the Congress, Indian first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
On a rare occasion Prime Minister Nehru’s vision was in loggerhead to Mahatma Gandhi “model was “swadeshi”, self-reliance—advocating simple home production of basic goods, promoting self-sufficiency in the village homes, and a spinning wheel in every hut”.
Prime Minister Nehru sought self-sufficiency in industrialization paddling his central objective “to get rid of the appalling poverty of the people.” His vision for India were in technology and progress, in machines and industrialization.
Seventy-seven years on from the Ghandi-Nehru era the geopolitical and global economic landscape have dramatically metamorphosed to the, aeronautical, IT and Digital spheres.
In our post-modern contemporary world economy, India, a far cry from the manual spinning wheel, now, the largest global exporter of IT.
Global Business and Strategic Technology provider and Consultants, GARTNER and STATISTA, affirms, India holds about 55% of global IT outsourcing share.
The largest consumer of India’s outsourcing services is the US at around 60%.
It is not at all surprising therefore that major Tech conglomerates in the US are reported to have very close ties with Prime Minister Modi and his Government.
Big Tech Company’s like Apple’s expansion into India has turbo charged Prime Ministers Modi chances for political supremacy in India after June 4th, 2024.
The Modi Government is known to have established in depth discussion with a large number of powerful Silicon Valley Bosses.
In a future issue of the Brisbane Indian Times, we will explore further India’s prestigious dominance in these spaces.
As we earnestly wait for the result of the Lok Sabha election the US Indian diaspora has been reported to be severally right across the US conducting Havan for Prime Minister Modi’s resounding victory!
Will Prime Minister Narendra D Modi continue to scribe the “Panchavati” as his home address for the next five years?
That is can only now be determined by the 969,000,000 registered voters of motherland Bhārat Gaṇarājya – India.
