Narendra Modi Original!

Two newspaper stories in the last few weeks: one, the Honourable Supreme Court of India passed an order on street dogs, also called stray dogs. Merciful, sentimental, flowing from colonial justice system. Cheers from all sections! On Sunday in his monthly interaction with the people he mentioned about the training and deployment for security duty of Indian dogs, which he had suggested in his Man ki Baat 5 years ago. He mentioned that a trained squad has been deployed on duty, which will be shown to the public on the National Unity Day on 31st October 2025. Not even one TV channel took notice. It is commendable that the TOI has written a small edit about it. I place my emphasis on Original Narendra Modi, who lampoons without lampooning, caricatures without appearing to do so, excites laughter so silently that it sinks after much time. This happened in handling the COVID disaster (judicial orders and government action); this happened in the story about the Dog. When Modi took up the subject, he must have thought of the companion of Dharmaraj Yudhishthir, who left for the Himalayas on his heaven bound journey accompanied by his pet dog! Heritage to modernity! Every dog-Indian-has his day now!

M L Gupta