Narendra Modi – författare

Devotion and dedication,ove andonging, strength and vulnerability, all find expression in Narendra Modi's poetry. This Sanskrit translation of verses originally written in Gujarati transports us into the poet's mind”his voice, his vision and his thoughts. While the story of Mr Modi's rise from humble beginnings to high political office is well documented, what is not well known is his journey in verse. Now we know.

Devotion and dedication, love and longing, strength and vulnerability, all find expression in Narendra Modi's poetry. This Sanskrit translation of verses originally written in Gujarati transports us into the poet's mind-his voice, his vision and his thoughts.

This is not an attempt at literary writing; the passages featured in this book are reflections of my observations and sometimes unprocessed thoughts, expressed without filters... I am not a writer, most of us are not; but everybody seeks expression, and when the urge to unload becomes overpowering there is no option but to take pen to paper, not necessarily to write but to introspect and unravel what is happening within the heart and the head, and why. Narendra Modi As a young man, Narendra Modi had got into the habit of writing a letter to the Mother Goddess, whom he addressed as Jagat janani, every night before going to bed. The topics were varied: there were seething sorrows, fleeting joys, lingering memories. In Modi's writings there was the enthusiasm of a youngster and the passion to usher in change. But every few months, Modi would tear up the pages and consign them to a bonfire. The pages of one diary, dating back to 1986, survived, however. These are now available in English for the very first time as Letters to Mother, in a powerful translation by Bhawana Somaaya."