Articles tagged under: Nirav Shah

The Truth about Gujarat Debt

April 11, 2013

By Nirav Shah Vadodara, 11 April 2013 In a battlefield, what do you expect soldiers to do when they find themselves incompetent to fight against an army which is going all guns blazing. They would hope to change their position to some advantage, geographically or strategically. And how do they alter their position amidst incessant enemy fire? They depend on cover fire provided by their team to occupy their enemies while they move. Similarly what does our ruling UPA coalition ...Read More

Shashi Tharoor does it, RPN Singh not

March 19, 2013

Ahmedabad, 19 March 2013 It started with this. Shashi Tharoor posted this tweet on Twitter - the social media platform where he is followed by nearly 1.7 million tweeples. Shashi Tharoor in this tweet gave a link to year 2007 data comparing Kerala and Gujarat on some parameters. Mr. Tharoor was initially attacked by right tweeples for old/irrelevant data he had linked. Later DeshGujarat posted several tweets addressed to Mr. Tharoor and questioned him on different grou...Read More

Trying to defeat Modi by an Innings, Shashi Tharoor gets out Hit Wicket!

March 16, 2013

By Nirav Shah Vadodara, 15 March, 2013 Shashi Tharoor in a bid to cast aspersions on the Gujarat story for the umpteenth time, cut out a sorry figure after alert citizens on Twitter discovered that the data he shared to compare Gujarat and Kerala as on ‘today’ was sourced to an Outlook article from 2007, which in turn was taken from various sources and dated back to 2001 to 2005. That is before or just after Narendra Modi had taken over as the CM of Gujarat. In cric...Read More

Real story of Gujarat’s development

February 26, 2013

By Nirav Shah Vadodara, 26 February 2013 Frontline, published by the Hindu group, recently came up with an article titled ‘Mirage of Journalism’ with the obvious motive of debunking the Gujarat Growth Story. As is the norm these days, it uses half-truths, half-baked stories and selective data to discredit the most noteworthy story of development in the last decade. Before quoting random persons to suit its agenda, the author should also take into account that ,it is th...Read More

A Rendezvous with Sabarmati Jail Inmates

February 14, 2013

By Nirav Shah Ahmedabad, 14 February 2013 Reading the news about the tunnel dug up by the Sabarmati Jail inmates, I was shocked, like most others. This incident, the brain child of the bomb blast accused, surfaced a myriad of memories of my encounter with them. As a part of my Dental Education at Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, I had to conduct dental checkup and treatment at the Sabarmati Jail. Thus, I had visited the jail, along with a colleague in December 2010. At the ...Read More

Vibrant Gujarat Flying High

January 09, 2013

By Nirav Shah Ahmedabad, 9 January 2013 Picture This – A state gets ravaged by a twin blow of a killer earthquake in 2001 and communal riots in 2002. Hardly had it collected its remains from the destruction of the earthquake, it was torn apart by the riots. Nature’s fury coupled with man’s rage had devastated the state. Investor confidence in the state was at an all-time low. The future appeared very bleak. What would be our expectation from such a state? At best,...Read More

Narendra Modi and the Idea of Gandhiji

December 31, 2012

By Nirav Shah Ahmedabad, 31 December 2012 First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win! This is my favorite Mahatma Gandhi quote, because it personifies the struggle of almost every great soul born on the planet. We have countless stories of scientists, sportsmen, leaders and actors going through the same grind and achieving prodigious heights in their fields. In the present scenario this quote fits on one person better than anyo...Read More

Gujarat’s Tryst with History

December 07, 2012

By Nirav Shah Ahmedabad, 7 December 2012 "Transforming the nation into a developed country, five areas in combination have been identified based on India's core competence, natural resources and talented manpower for integrated action to double the growth rate of GDP and realize the Vision of Developed India." These are APJ Abdul Kalam’s words in his book India 2020. When I first read the book in 2002, I felt that Kalam had an over ambitious & unrealistic expectation fro...Read More

Modi and the Mainstream Media

November 22, 2012

By Nirav Shah Ahmedabad, 21 November 2012 The Indian Mainstream Media i.e. Print & Electronic have never been covert in displaying their antipathy towards Narendra Modi. Commending him for the development in Gujarat has often been synonymous with attracting a Communal tag. It is indeed noteworthy how Modi survived and thrived in such a malicious environment for so long. Most importantly Modi has never relied upon the Indian Mainstream Media. He has always let his work do...Read More

Multiple challenges vs Modi

September 29, 2012

By Nirav Shah Vadodara, 29 September 2012 Gujarat State Elections of 2012 are perhaps the most hyped elections in the history of independent India and rightly so because of the magnanimity of the stakes. It is going to be a much closer fight than what external observers believe . Modi is making the headlines in national print and electronic media on a daily basis. But he is fighting a lone battle against the political and monetary might of Sonia Gandhi. The war is wagin...Read More