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The other responds with not one, but 101 reasons why each one painstakingly rendered in comic form.. 101 Reasons, Why I Will Vote for Modi iswritten by Shantanu Gupta, known for his 2017 biography of Yogi Adityanath,The Monk Who Became Chief Minister.Published in English and Hindi, the graphic novel extolls Prime Minister Modis last decade in office and is aimed at first-time voters...
Gupta himself is a character in the novel, walking both the reader and his reporter rival named Ravi Bhai and seemingly modelled on senior journalist Ravish Kumar through time and space to explain how Modi has changed India for the better..
Gupta originally came up with the idea over a year ago, though he only finished the manuscript in January after his three-month fellowship at Oxford ended.As a regular TV panellist, Gupta already had talking points about Modis tenure at his fingertips but found himself stuck at around 95 reasons to vote for the PM.Eventually, he was able to add six more points...
The expatriates, nations envoys, heroes in their own right/ Brand ambassadors of India, shining our collective light/Today, the strength of my Indian passport has doubled in might,/ Under Modi, my Indias identity shines so bright, is one example...
But at the end ofthebook, instead of capitulating to Guptas overwhelming onslaught of reasons to vote for Modi, the rival reporter character demurs..
