Today's India is a country weighed down by one crisis after another. Pollution has been choking Delhi and much of North India, turning daily life into a struggle for clean air.
Massive waves of privatisation are beginning to show their darker side.
Farmers, who form the backbone of a 140-crore nation, continue to suffer at the hands of middlemen.
The rupee’s fall has become a daily episode, and the voices dismissing this decline are the very people governing the country.
To this long list, a fresh aviation crisis has added shock and anxiety across the nation.
International relations with the United States are also under strain, leaving thousands of Indian H-1B workers distressed as visa appointment cancellations disrupt their lives and livelihoods.
At a time when people expect the Prime Minister to address these burning issues, ranging for national to international, he shows little inclination to do so.
Citizens want clarity on inflation, jobs and solutions for farmers. Instead, whenever the Prime Minister speaks, the conversation circles back to the same themes like Nehru, Vandemataram sentiment and cultural slogans. This repetitive political script has begun to frustrate the public.
Modi’s criticism of the late Prime Minister Nehru seems endless, but Nehru’s era ended long ago. After twelve years of Modi’s own governance, people now ask why comparisons with the past continue to dominate, while the present remains unaddressed.
It is also worth noting that national and international vloggers are openly highlighting the poor roads and lack of cleanliness in Varanasi, Prime Minister Modi’s own constituency for the past twelve years.
These visuals have put the city’s image to shame before the world. Is the Prime Minister not noticing this, or is he simply not inclined to correct it?
For the middle class rushing for employment, for the farmer buried under debt, the core question is simple; how does any of this improve our lives?
Rising fuel prices, soaring vegetable rates, job scarcity, and unaffordable housing demand clear answers.
Yet the response from the highest office continues to be a familiar one; blame the past and its bygone Congress leaders.
This narrative may still energise his loyal supporters, but ordinary citizens are increasingly unimpressed.
On social media, a growing sentiment is emerging openly mentioning that Modi's charm and image under risk if he doesn't change his narrative.
Consecutive election victories may have strengthened the Prime Minister’s confidence, but confidence alone cannot solve a nation’s problems.