Mr. Modi, “Learning through Acronyms.”
The RSS taught the young Mr. Modi, ‘Learning Through Acronyms,’ and boy, has he raped our sensibilities with them in recent times. On his latest visit to China, he did it again. He said people to people contact should be strengthened with STRENGTH: S-Spirituality; T-Tradition, Trade, and Technology; R-Relationship; E-Entertainment (Movies, Art, Dances etc.); N-Nature conservation; G-Games; T-Tourism and H- Health and Healing. Which, allegedly, led one Chinaman to say to another, “What an idiot, he speaks in Hindi and gives us acronyms in English. We should get one like him for the monkey cage in the Beijing Zoo.” And his friend replied, “Last time he met us he said he wanted to, ‘Inch towards Miles’. That was also in English, and the convoluted meaning was that INCH was ‘India-China’; and MILES was ‘millennium of exceptional synergy’.”
“HaHaHa”, the first Chinaman said, “And all the time we were striding inches and miles on their border”.
And, they said a small prayer for India, because even they didn’t want a neighbor of I.3 billion people to get that screwed.
And, if you have forgotten, as Mr. Modi surely has, here are some of his other acronyms: SCAM: Samajwadi Party, Akhilesh Yadav, Congress, and Mayawati. VIKAS: Vidyut (Electricity), Kanoon (law) and Sadak (Road). AK-49: Arvind Kejriwal-49. ABCD: Adarsh, Bofors, Coal, and Damaad (son-in-law). RSVP: Rahul, Sonia, Vadra, Priyanka. AKs – AK 47, AK-49. SABKA: Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, and Congress party.
NDA: National Development Alliance, JAM: Jan Dhan-Aadhar-Mobile, SMART: For a “Strict and Sensitive, Modern and Mobile, Alert and Accountable, Reliable and Responsive, Techno-savvy and Trained” police force, USTTAD: Upgrading Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development (for artisans from minority communities), AMRUT: Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. HRIDAY: Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana. PRAGATI: Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. UDAY: Ujjwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana. NITI: National Institution for Transforming India. ROAD: “Responsibility, Ownership, Accountability, Discipline”. PM Modi gave this mantra of success at a Made In India workshop. B2B: Bharat to Bhutan. PM Modi used this acronym to codify India-Bhutan relationship during his visit to the country. GST: Growing strong together. HIT: Highways, Informationways, Transmissionways. PM Modi expressed his plan to ‘HIT’ Nepal with these facilities. AIM: Atal Innovation Mission. FDI: First Develop India (Mantra of Make in India). Himmat: A mobile application to ensure women’s safety in Delhi. BHIM: Bharat Interface for Money. (Named after Father of Constitution Bhim Rao Ambedkar, this is a mobile app for digital transactions). IT + IT= IT: Indian Talent + Information Technology = India Tomorrow (This is a part of Modi government’s Digital India Initiative) PRASAD: Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive. PAHAL: Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh (Direct benefit transfer) for LPG subsidy. 4 Ps: People Private-Public Partnership for good governance. SETU: Self Employment and Talent Utilisation (Provide support to all aspects of a start-ups from credit to incubation) 5 Fs: Farm, fibre, fabric, fashion to foreign countries. 3S: Skill, Scale, Speed (This is what India needs to compete with China). SWAYAM: Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (Free online courses to be offered by IITs, IIMs and central universities). SAMAVAY: Skill Assessment Matrix for Vocational Advancement of Youth. MOM: Mars Orbiter Mission.
NDA: National Development Alliance, JAM: Jan Dhan-Aadhar-Mobile, SMART: For a “Strict and Sensitive, Modern and Mobile, Alert and Accountable, Reliable and Responsive, Techno-savvy and Trained” police force, USTTAD: Upgrading Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development (for artisans from minority communities), AMRUT: Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. HRIDAY: Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana. PRAGATI: Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. UDAY: Ujjwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana. NITI: National Institution for Transforming India. ROAD: “Responsibility, Ownership, Accountability, Discipline”. PM Modi gave this mantra of success at a Made In India workshop. B2B: Bharat to Bhutan. PM Modi used this acronym to codify India-Bhutan relationship during his visit to the country. GST: Growing strong together. HIT: Highways, Informationways, Transmissionways. PM Modi expressed his plan to ‘HIT’ Nepal with these facilities. AIM: Atal Innovation Mission. FDI: First Develop India (Mantra of Make in India). Himmat: A mobile application to ensure women’s safety in Delhi. BHIM: Bharat Interface for Money. (Named after Father of Constitution Bhim Rao Ambedkar, this is a mobile app for digital transactions). IT + IT= IT: Indian Talent + Information Technology = India Tomorrow (This is a part of Modi government’s Digital India Initiative) PRASAD: Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive. PAHAL: Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh (Direct benefit transfer) for LPG subsidy. 4 Ps: People Private-Public Partnership for good governance. SETU: Self Employment and Talent Utilisation (Provide support to all aspects of a start-ups from credit to incubation) 5 Fs: Farm, fibre, fabric, fashion to foreign countries. 3S: Skill, Scale, Speed (This is what India needs to compete with China). SWAYAM: Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (Free online courses to be offered by IITs, IIMs and central universities). SAMAVAY: Skill Assessment Matrix for Vocational Advancement of Youth. MOM: Mars Orbiter Mission.
Phew!
Edited By Adam Rizvi
