I'm very sure that many of my friends feel that PM Narendra Modi is a great orator and communicator. He avails every available channel of communication, whether it’s Radio, Twitter, or public speech. He fires on all cylinders and he even uses PMO’s Twitter account very regularly to propagate his political agenda( not sure if it's ethical).
But it’s a fact that this strategy has worked well for the party in the last five years and this communication strategy could definitely win elections, but I doubt whether it can win people’s hearts. The recent bye-Elections and Assembly Elections are best examples.
Yesterday, PM addressed few election rallies in AP &TS. While addressing in Mahboobnagar, votes have been sought in the name of NAYABHARAT. In 2014 we have heard him saying “ACHE DIN”.  Have they arrived? I don’t know. In this address, I expected him to explain what he meant by NAYABHARAT and what should a voter expect if he votes for his party? 
I feel its high time leaders realise that the days of attracting voters with slogans are over. Now it’s time to talk about performance and future vision. In many places, many leaders from ruling dispensation raised about surgical strikes which have taken political colors, unfortunately. Our Defence Forces go across the border, to annihilate the hotbeds of terrorists, which gives a lot of energy to our forces, and India as well. Is this something new? Not at all. Earlier it was never politicised. Yesterday, a stern enemy of Congress,  Mr. KCR also confirmed this, while addressing a public a meeting, that while he was a Union Cabinet Minister in Central Cabinet, 11 times such surgical strikes, have been conducted, but without any fanfare. Is that not the responsibility of the Government of the day to protect our borders? Why should it be politicised?
It is said that AP has put its sticker on his scheme of Cash Transfer. But the truth is that in AP this scheme was started much ahead of Centre. If you really look at this, the entire credit for the scheme should go to KCR, who was the first CM to announce Rythu Bandhu and the same has been picked up by AP and Centre. PM was critical of both AP &TS and there is nothing wrong in criticising, but his comments “son rise & Sonset" were low brow in my opinion. My personal view is, that the PM should have shown some restraint. We regard our PM in very high esteem. A PM should be an example of what a leader should be? I expected from him a tremendous amount of statesmanship like quality and leave the job of taking jibes at opponents to the lower rung of leaders. The statement that 11th April will see the “Sunrise” for NewIndia and “Son set” for AP was not in good taste.
There was a repeated criticism about the entry of children of politicians as successors as “son rise” but I don’t know whether there is anything wrong in it. Does our constitution say anywhere that the politicians' sons shouldn't be given an opportunity to become a politician?
BJP is not devoid of politicians who are sons of politicians, ss BJP denying tickets to them on that basis?
Coming to the issue of the recent announcement by our PM regarding successful test firing of anti-satellite missiles. One wonders the credit for the same could have been shared live with those who conceptualised and started the Mission. In fact, whether the announcement is the violation of election code or not, is a matter of dispute and of course, our present election commission will not object for it but I feel, it could’ve been announced in the form of a departmental press release. Being the Head of the Government, the least the PM can Do is to follow the code of conduct and set an example for others to emulate. 

Govinda Govinda ..Just finished reading a divine book titled "WHEN I SAW TIRUPATI BALAJI” written by Mr. PVRK PRASAD(late) IAS, an ex-Executive Officer TTD. Prasad 1966 batch IAS from the then AP cadre, served as, Collector Khammam, Private Secretary to PV Narasimha Rao ji when he was CM of AP, Chairman Vizag PortTrust, Media Advisor to Former PM PV etc. He won many honors and Awards as EO TTD he rendered yeoman service to it. He was a thorough upright officer with the highest level of integrity. He literally transformed Tirumala, launched many new programs to meet the diverse needs of devotees.

This book is compact, with enthralling narration, was originally conceived in Telugu, as NAHAM KARTHA, (I'm not the doer) and it was one the best sellers in not only Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi also and now again brought out in English with that name.

According to Mr.Prasad, his views and experiences and Lord’s powers highlighted in scriptures could be witnessed by people in their day to day lives. He has narrated how SRIHARI has used him as an instrument for getting certain things done. Prasad also says "some people inquisitively ask is there God? If there is, how does he look? Have you seen Him?”
This book perhaps provides answers to all such type of queries.

Sri PV Ji, while writing his forward mentioned that every episode whetted his curiosity to go to the next episode, they are exciting, with full of devotion.  There is no spiritual message as such, yet the miracles through which he narrated the visible effect of the invisible power, keeps the reader enthralled.

It’s an excellent book, which all God lovers, must read it once.

"The scope of Happiness,” a personal memoir of Smt Vijayalaxmi Pandit.
It is a narrative of the woman, who was the sister and confidante and a life -long political associate of Jawaharlal Nehru. As the world’s first woman ambassador, serving in the then USSR, US and UK. She was India's voice abroad, representing India’s non-alignment, anti-colonialism, and anti-apartheid. She was the first woman to lead the delegation, to the UN and she was also first to be elected President of its General Assembly.  During general elections in 1977, she campaigned vigorously to bring down Mrs. Gandhi’s government, as Mrs. Gandhi, being her niece had betrayed the tradition of freedom and the democratic values. Indira Gandhi went against the principles envisioned by Nehru for independent India, by imposing Emergency. I was really surprised to note and find that the”memoir” had been written by her at the age of 78, in her house in Dehra-Dun.
Her father Motilal Nehru, was having fabulous practice in Allahabad  High-Court. His palatial bungalow, Anand Bhawan, was very opulent and one of the most westernised in those days. High English officials including the Governors of UP, used to admire the handsome Kashmiri Brahmin, who dressed, lived, and even looked like an Englishman. People used to envy the elegant luxury in which that family lived. His only son Jawaharlal, was sent to Harrow and Cambridge, at the age 15, for studies, while one European Governess was employed for the two daughters at home. The advent of Mahatma Gandhi on Indian political scene had changed the course of their lives, otherwise, Motilal wanted to take retirement from the profession, and young Nehru would have inherited his father’s enormous legal practice. Having been influenced by Gandhi Ji, the duo father and son renounced their fabulous legal practice and joined non-cooperation movement and complied with Gandhiji’s call to boycott British courts. The entire their ostentatious life got transformed overnight. They disposed the fleet of cars and carriages, the servants number got drastically reduced, the women of the family gave up foreign finery and took to wearing home-spun Khadi, while AnandBhavan ceased to be the select club of Elite of Allahabad and it became like Sarai frequented by humble Party workers, which was made central party office of Congress . Motilal had sloughed off the luxuries of life to cast in his lot with Mahatma and went to jail number of times, during the freedom movement. Some of the present leadership and its cronies would never agree. I want all those who criticise them, to read such books to understand reality. Even Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, took a very active part in the freedom movement, in 30s, had her full share of trials and tribulations. Her account of the struggle for freedom during which she was imprisoned 3 times, is also a story of a woman ‘s vital pioneering roles in her political life starting as first woman cabinet minister in1937. There are penetrating and entertaining anecdotes about world figures of her time, including Churchill, Tito, etc. She reveals in the telling, a woman with an intense capacity to enjoy life’s challenges, and one who faced grievous personal loss with great courage when her husband Mr. Pandit, died during his last imprisonment, under the British. It is very interesting to read as it is the first-hand account of her life from which went luxury to struggles to responsibilities and her world view.