‘If Modi is so bad why are people connecting with him?’ ‘Who connects with Modi? I don’t know of any.’ ‘The poor man who sells mangoes on the streets connects with Modi.’ ‘I don’t care about the man who sells mangoes,’ Patwardhan got angry and almost screamed, ‘Modi must be stopped. He must lose.’ I kept looking at him and wondered how his frail body could contain so much hatred and anger. His aura was dark and negative. The other panelists were Nandita Das, Alyque Padamsee, Sam Balsara. All urban, sophisticated, English-speaking elites and Barkha was making it sound as if entire Bollywood was
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