Modified plans

Just how poor can be seen from the fortunes of another website titled http://narendramodiplans.com/. Set up by an internet prankster it was a hilarious take on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The websites invitingly stated, "For a detailed explanation of how Mr. Narendra Modi plans to run the nation if elected to the House as the Prime Minister and also for his view/perspective on the 2002 riots please click the link below." When you clicked on the link, an arrow moved around the page at random without settling anywhere. Clearly this mild humour annoyed Modi acolytes, because by 11 a m on July 17, the site was closed with a wry message from its creator. A query to the email provided on the site elicited this response: "I would like to completely stay away out of this issue. I hope you understand." The hit count, however, showed that between July 15, 5 a m and the time it was closed, the site got 80,070 hits.