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The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen
The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen





This is again not to say that single-phase electricity is available round the clock in the rural areas – ‘ Load shedding‘ is a common term and practiced generously during summer time in the rural and sometimes even in the urban areas. There have been many protests by farmers and cultivators and even attacks on the electricity sub-stations in the past regarding this but have rarely been discussed in the media. So, the ‘extra’ electricity generated and not used in those 6-8 hours is then sold to other states. In the rural and agricultural areas of Gujarat, three-phase is made available only for a duration of 6-8 hours while the remaining hours are covered by single-phase. Agricultural equipments need more power than the ones used in households. Electricity is generated either for single-phase instruments or three-phase instruments. Power-surplus but how? More needs to be unearthed before this is taken at face value. One of them has been that Gujarat is a power surplus state and it sells power to other power-deficient states (which it actually does). Modi’s PR team has been doing a very good job in spreading lies and rumours about the over-the-top efficient governance. Well, it may be said that hiding behind the Indian judicial system is the refuge of the scoundrel. Modi has taken refuge in the verdict of the court which still hasn’t prosecuted him. Sen had said that Modi would not be his choice for Prime Ministerial candidate because of the former’s communal actions in 2002 and that his image is not such which generates enough confidence amongst the minority (principally the Muslims of India). Amartya Sen’s comments on Narendra Modi – chief minister of Gujarat state of India – have caused a furore in political parties like Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).







The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen