Epiphany of a bhakt

Messiah Modi? is not a straightforward linear narrative

MESSIAH MODI? A Tale of Great Expectations

Author: Tavleen Singh

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: Rs 699

When Tavleen Singh, the well-known journalist and political commentator, uses a question mark in the title of her sixth and latest book —reinforced by her choice of sub-title —she conveys a definite message. 

In Messiah Modi? — part memoir and part critique of the present political dispensation — Ms Singh confesses that she started by being a “Modi bhakt” when the man who was anointed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate began his election campaign in 2014, charmed by his promises of parivartan and vikas. Ms Singh, who takes