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INDIA'S STRIDE

TOWARDS PROGRESS

elected as the Prime Minister and
bowed his head at the threshold
of the Parliament House saying, “I
am not the Prime Minister but the
Prime Servant.” The ladies from
that train recognised him as the
same person who had given them
his seat all those years ago. That is
the kind of man our Prime Minister
is and he is bringing so many
changes in the country.
Within these 75 years, the
Dr. S L Bhyrappa country has changed a lot but the
Novelist, philosopher and rate of change has been very fast
Screenwriter during PM Modi's regime. There
used to be lack of toilets in the
villages; men and women used
to defecate outside. Now, girls are
I was born in 1931 and I was refusing to marry into families with
16 years old when India got no toilets infact, in schools girls
Independence. I have experienced are rightfully demanding clean
the rural India before we got and sanitised toilets. Not only
Independence and it has changed that, every villager has got a bank
a lot, more so under the leadership account. Whatever compensation
of Shri Narendra Modi. I remember the Government gives, it goes
long ago, two lady civil services straight to the person’s bank
officers were travelling by train account. The meddling of
from Delhi to Ahmedabad for their agents and politicians have
next stage of training. The train was been eliminated. So many towns
travelling full and the ladies had and cities are also cleaner than
no seat reservation. They asked before and we have improved
the TTE to help them who said economically as well. Under Prime
that he could only help if he finds Minister Modi, progress of women
an empty seat. Nearby, a young has been tremendous. They
man was sitting with his friend in have become army soldiers and
the same coach and upon seeing fighter pilots. More females are
their situation, offered their own becoming judges. Triple talaq has
seats to the ladies and sleeping on been abolished. All the sections of
the floor themselves for the night. the Indian society have improved.
Later, when Narendra Modi was We have become self-reliant.

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