The Shades of Populism in Narendra Modi's Politics of Infrastructure
State infrastructure and the rhetorical politics around it are often invoked by leaders to âinspireâ public sentiments, âstrengthenâ nations and create sentiments of âpride, nostalgia, patriotism'.
Construction work underway as part of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, at Rajpath in New Delhi, Friday, May 7, 2021 Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist
Urban14/May/2021
It was famously said of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini that, at least while âhe was dragging his country into a war in which over a half a million of his citizens died, he was also making sure the trains ran on timeâ.