Just a week or so back, I heard Ram Guha and Shashi Tharoor say that India needs a leader like Rahane. Someone who is not all about 'I, me, myself'-- they said. What happened? Did he become a coward in 10 days? Did Rahane become a Modi bhakt in 10 days? 1/4 https://twitter.com/ajinkyarahane88/status/1357021947570253831

This tweet by Rahane-- & by scores of other India's big celebs-- is simply the nationalism of India's ordinary folks. This is why I chose Rahane and not other big-earning celebrities. Rahane helps us understand the perspective of the ordinary Indian much better than other celebs.

If you didn't know that India's most ordinary people do not want foreigners telling them who to elect as leaders or how to resolve their disputes, you have been talking to the wrong people in Delhi, following irrelevant handles on Twitter, and traveling very little through India.

Or at least you have been travelling or interacting with a closed mind. India's most ordinary people was very nationalistic. Nehru understood it. Mahatma Gandhi understood it. And their politics reflected it. And that's why they were so successful at their politics. 4/4

are* very nationalistic.