Scathing British Media Calls Narendra Modi 'Former Persona Non Grata', 'Ex-Pariah'

[The_Showstopper]

Scathing British Media Calls Narendra Modi 'Former Persona Non Grata', 'Ex-Pariah'

forThe Guardian. "All over India there are images of the man, right arm raised in the benevolent gesture of good fortune. But this strong-but-enlightened-man image hides the frightening and shrill reality of an increasingly Modi-led Hindu dominance of India."

"All is forgiven" ran the front page headline in The Daily Telegraph. Theaccompanying news story, written by their special correspondent Tom Rowles, described the change in Modi's reception in Britain "from a blacklist to the red carpet treatment".

"Narendra Modi’s transformation from persona non grata to guest of honour was complete on Thursday when the Indian prime minister was greeted with all the razzmatazz Britain could summon," read the piece, even commenting on Modi's "heavily-accented English".

A Daily Mail cartoon made a tongue-in-cheek reference to Modi's English language skills.

Meanwhile, even as The Times of London published a news roundup of the visit in their front page, a column in one of the inside pages was vicious in its attack. "The egregious PM is not a man who shares our values but Britain’s relationship with India is bigger than one man," wrote Philip Collins, the newspaper's columnist and chief lead writer.

And this is a cartoon from today's Independent:

Despite Cameron's defence of Modi's record on human rights abuses, the British press was unanimous in its tongue-lashing of the PM.

Modi faced some tough questions at a joint press conference with Cameron at the Locarno Room in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. While he's remained mostly silent facing protests from citizen groups in India on the issue of intolerance, he heartily defended the country's civil rights record abroad and strongly pledged to uphold India's plural structure.


Scathing British Media Calls Narendra Modi 'Former Persona Non Grata', 'Ex-Pariah'

 

[SamantK]

No one is buying this BS from Guardian

 

[That Guy]

No one is buying this BS from Guardian

You can call it BS all you want, but Modi WAS considered a pariah before his elections. The only reason why Modi isn't being treated like the US and UK treat Hamas, is because India has money. Like the article says, the relation between the west and India is more important than one man. If congress had won, Modi would still be considered a criminal by western nations.

 

[kasper95]

I was sure before opening the thread ,its The Guardian again

You can call it BS all you want, but Modi WAS considered a pariah before his elections. The only reason why Modi isn't being treated like the US and UK treat Hamas, is because India has money. Like the article says, the relation between the west and India is more important than one man. If congress had won, Modi would still be considered a criminal by western nations.

SC is much bigger than Guardian, we will take SCI word over guardian any day .

even after finding most of the to terrorists in Pakistan ,will you accept Pakistan as a terrorist state if a news paper says so that to without any proof.

 

[ConcealCarry]

well some newspaper still rise above national economic interests and reveal the truth, bravo to The Guardian and other news papers writing the truth

 

[That Guy]

I was sure before opening the thread ,its The Guardian again


SC is much bigger than Guardian, we will take SCI word over guardian any day .

even after finding most of the to terrorists in Pakistan ,will you accept Pakistan as a terrorist state if a news paper says so that to without any proof.

It's not about acceptance, it's all about perception. Whether he is guilty or not, matters little, as the truth is that he was considered a pariah through and through.

You said it yourself, you'll take the SC of India's word for it, and not the Guardian's. Why? Because you believe the supreme court. Well, most nations don't actually believe your supreme court's decision, even if they have no right to interfere in your nation's sovereign decisions; Having said that, it does NOT mean that they have to automatically have to change their perception. Western nations may have accepted Modi as India's leader, but only because India is far too important to boycott. India is bigger than their feelings toward;s Modi. It's the same reason why western nations can easily have relations with brutal dictatorships, relations between nations have little to do with emotions, and more to do with economic and strategic interests.

 

[SanjeevaniButi]

The louder the foreign media criticize modi (especially UK) the Bigger Hero Modi becomes in India

This has been true since before 1947

 

[indushek]

The louder the foreign media criticize modi (especially UK) the Bigger Hero Modi becomes in India

This has been true since before 1947

Not entirely true we have our own celebrating such personal attacks on our PM by foreign media.

 

[SanjeevaniButi]

Not entirely true we have our own celebrating such personal attacks on our PM by foreign media.

Yes islamists like show_stopper does, but people like him will never vote for Modi anyway.

 

[vayuputhra]

And for Indians guardian is paper non grata, who cares if these anti Indian racist papers say what ever they want, relation with england only matters, one who say that he can't speak English, Putin and xi does not speak english , are they weak they give two hoots about English, have british forgotten when Putin said "that people of small island" and papers like guardian are afraid that modi may demand kohinoor and many precious items looted by the british decoits, by jumping and screaming they think they can divert attention from the core issues, and the time is running fast for england, they are gonna be destroyed by British jihadis the destroyed by British jihadis the darling of papers like guardian and London times and BBC, we will celebrate when Scotland gets independence.

 

[SamantK]

You can call it BS all you want, but Modi WAS considered a pariah before his elections. The only reason why Modi isn't being treated like the US and UK treat Hamas, is because India has money. Like the article says, the relation between the west and India is more important than one man. If congress had won, Modi would still be considered a criminal by western nations.

Comparing Modi with Hamas is exactly what is wrong with this perception.

The point is that he was considered a pariha without any proof and under the previous regime's pressure says more about how rotten Congress has become and nothing about Modi. And no, no nation can consider Modi criminal no matter what they perceive, it was only a diplomatic move.

This argument that India has money was applied to appease Congress and its anti-Modi agenda.

 

[That Guy]

Comparing Modi with Hamas is exactly what is wrong with this perception.

The point is that he was considered a pariha without any proof and under the previous regime's pressure says more about how rotten Congress has become and nothing about Modi. And no, no nation can consider Modi criminal no matter what they perceive, it was only a diplomatic move.

This argument that India has money was applied to appease Congress and its anti-Modi agenda.

The very fact that you and I are having this conversation, the very existence of this thread proves my point. Just because you don't agree, doesn't mean other people don't.

To myself and many others, Modi is guilty. To you and the SCI, he's innocent.

 

[desimorty]

You can call it BS all you want, but Modi WAS considered a pariah before his elections. The only reason why Modi isn't being treated like the US and UK treat Hamas, is because India has money. Like the article says, the relation between the west and India is more important than one man. If congress had won, Modi would still be considered a criminal by western nations.

Source: Scathing British Media Calls Narendra Modi 'Former Persona Non Grata', 'Ex-Pariah'

Yea but nothing was proven against Modi. Falsely accusing a person happens often. Which is why we need courts.
So lets say Imran Khan has people supporting him that cause violence. Should he be responsible alone? Fact, people have been prosecuted for Gujarat riots.
Also FACT. Hamas is army. Not a country! Especially not a country that is democratic!

 

[xyxmt]

No one is buying this BS from Guardian

they are not selling it to you but to their readers in GB. Same as how NY times and washington post sold India to their readers after Modi's visits.

 

[SamantK]

The very fact that you and I are having this conversation, the very existence of this thread proves my point. Just because you don't agree, doesn't mean other people don't.

To myself and many others, Modi is guilty. To you and the SCI, he's innocent.

No, this thread proves that I call BS as BS wherever I see it, esp on a forum where I come to pass some free time.

You are just a person with no facts, who has not heard any of the evidence present, have not been on any side of the conflict, whereas the SC of India has and therefore is in a better place to judge who is guilty and who is not.

I know you will never agree, but then again there are many who think as you said emotionally and have perceptions rather than facts.

they are not selling it to you but to their readers in GB. Same as how NY times and washington post sold India to their readers after Modi's visits.

Does not matter to most Indians.