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A world of opinion: Indian diaspora's opinions about Narendra Modi varied

The mood in Varanasi was pro-Modi but a certain ambivalence has crept in

The diaspora's opinions about Narendra Modi as varied as here in India
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Manavi Kapur Varanasi
At the gargantuan venue for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) in Varanasi, two women posed for a selfie in front of large cutouts of the Kashi Vishwanath temple. A young man was busy making a boomerang video of a tea vendor offering the hot beverage in ‘kulhads’.  But as soon as the question of the upcoming Lok Sabha election was brought up, there was a tiny shift in energy. “I’m not sure I know enough” was an oft-repeated phrase among the millennial visitors to the 15th edition of an event aimed at bringing together the Indian diaspora.
 
The PBD this