Narendra Modi's visit

I havn't had a chance to travel to Gujarat and explore the state as yet. The closest I have been is just flying over Ahmedabad. The sigh of the city and most of the state from air was spectaculat. I have seen lots of Indian cities and hinterland from air but Gujarat was a distinct experience. It seemed well planned for starters. Any city seems just a cluster of real estate and nowadays farmhouses on the periphery, in Ahmedabad I saw a series of canals dotting the city's boundaries and what struck me as strange was these canals were somehow passing below seasonal rivers, more like bridges and underpasses. I had seen something similar in mail forwards from friends in Denmark where they have water bridges, ships cross land on canal bridges.
When we heard Mr Modi was coming over to our college to address the batch for a favor he had bestowed upon symbi by offering cheap land near Ahmedabad we were all curious as to what this guy was gonna tell us. Our new Audi was ready and this was a fit event to inaugurate it. The Z+ security was a problem for the students and SIMC had to take down a few of their posters but overall there was an eager anticipation among the crowd over his high profile visit.
He arrived on time on a chopper, we had been sitting in the audi for close to an hour now and getting restless but his aura was enough to spur everyone's attention. He entered and raised in hand to acknowledge the crowd, quite like political rhetoric, but that his presence held us in awe.
The symbi administration indulged in their brand of tomfoolery that lasted for nearly an hour, in between Modi got up at least thrice thinking it was his turn to address us but there was always sth or the other that was next to come. Finally when he got the podium he unceremoniously refused to accept the title of 'Professor' generously granted by our chancellor.
The guy spoke in Hindi but he quoted facts, about Gujarat, about his exploits in Gujarat, about his modus operandi that spurred the leviathan state machinary in to action and within 1000 days turned Gujarat from a trading community to a land of self sufficiency - the state that excels in farming, power generation, irrigation, industrial development, you name it and you got it.
When the indistrialists especially the ADAG chairman expressed their desire to be the next PM at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit and from what we witnessed there and I believe me to be a good judge of personalities, I believed in him not because he had all the traits of a great politician but he was just wouting from facts published by Govt of India, undeniable facts. What works for one state might not work for the entire country, he acknowledged that but with consistent persevarance it was not impossible either.
Our Principal Director was also invited to the summit and in her words 'she was all over Modi and has still not been able to get over him', and she was expecting us to be all over him too which we graciously said we'll consider.
He just faltered at one point, a point raised that talked about the banning of 'Parzania' and alluding to the Godhra incident, he turned defensive and fumbled, all the magic was gone 'poof' at that very monent. Its such a paradox that the image u have cultivated so hard for urself can evaporate in a jiffy due to the chinks that u had bore in ur armor sometime in the past.
All the respect that he had garnered till then was fizzling out and our admin jumped to damage control and no further questions were allowed keeping a bit if the Modi aura still in the air.
We all came back hoping the state of Gujarat will hopefully come for recruitment (ha ha) and banish all our woes in the near future, make us a part of vibrant Gujarat.