Nationalism a show-stopper on I-Day after govt scraps J&K's special status

Crowd-sourced wish list for the PM speech is not vocal on economic slowdown

Almost 20,000 messages, crowd-sourced as input for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech, seem to reflect the mood of the nation. Nationalism seems to be the most dominant idea of the posts on the NaMo app, more so after the government move to do away with the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. In comparison, economy fades in the background, even when companies across sectors are reporting slowdown.                           

When the app opened up for suggestions on July 18, the messages sent out by the masses from