Enough talk already!

It has been almost 3 weeks of acche din so far. Initial enthusiasm is still to wane, and we are still waiting for that magic wand whoosh to set everything all right. Modi has become the Prime-Minister of the country riding on a wave of backlash against abject corruption and absolute apathy of the Congress Raj vis-a-vis the concerns of the Aam Aadmi. Kejriwal, with his go-get-it attitude and earthy persona appeared like presenting a decent challenge to the BJP juggernaut, but ended up digging his own grave by resigning from the Delhi government (and I say this only because of the unfair advantage of hindsight). However, 49 days of Kejriwal in the Delhi government were scrutinized as if India was Delhi and Delhi was India. Newspapers, online magazines were flushed with daily reports and assessment of Kejriwal's doings - and doings he did. He had more to show from his stint of mere 7 weeks, than what governments have to show from a full term of 5 years! And that's what I had been expecting when Modi took on the gauntlet on 26th of May (or was it 25th?). Some serious action! But what do I get? I get "Bonhomie in Parliament, Rahul, Modi shake hands", "Cabinet secretaries give presentations", "Modi issues ten commandments to his ministers", "Modi is a workaholic - works 18 hours a day" - Front page of national political news reading more like the rangeen page of Punjab Kesari. The other day, Modi gave his debut speech in Parliament talking about "inclusion" and more of politically-correct stuff, probably trying to pull off another 'Modi 2.0', as Tharoor aptly put. I know, India is a big country and governance, planning and all that takes time, and probably Modi's PR enterprise thinks that by putting out such 'news' in the media, they are doing him a favor by manufacturing an image of a 'PM hard at work', but frankly speaking, I don't think that such a manufactured product would last for long if there aren't any ground changes. So, Mr. Modi, be the Messiah that everyone has been hoping you to be. Otherwise, people's patience might wear out sooner than you expected. There has been enough talk (and Power-point presentations) already!