India ™ on Instagram: "Why Modi Rarely Faces Traditional Press Conferences — With Data 1. Very Few (or No) Open Press Conferences According to a longtime critic, BRS MLC K. Kavitha, Modi “never held a single open press conference” in the first nine years of his premiership. An RTI reply revealed that the PMO does not maintain a clear public record of Modi’s press conferences or unstructured media interactions. According to a report, Modi’s “first-ever press conference” was in May 2019—but even t

Worst Politics on Instagram: "When Politics Had Dignity — and Journalism Had Courage Many Indians look back at the time of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh as a period when politics felt calm, respectful, and intelligent. Leaders didn’t shout, didn’t insult, and didn’t try to divide people every day. They spoke about development, ideas, and the future of the country. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was known for his poetic speeches and his ability to bring different political parties together. Even