15 Things We Learnt From Narendra Modi’s Townhall Meeting At Facebook
About India’s future and the Make In India campaign
"When you want to turn around a scooter, it takes half a second. But when you want to turn around a train it is much more difficult."
"In 40 years, we have had 180 million people who didn't have a bank account. After my government came to power, in 100 days 180 million bank accounts were opened. That is the speed of change."
"The secret to Make In India? Low cost manufacturing, skill, man power, raw materials. I don't think this is something that someone can ignore. In fact, it is a paradise for investors."
About India’s future and the Make In India campaign
"When you want to turn around a scooter, it takes half a second. But when you want to turn around a train it is much more difficult."
"In 40 years, we have had 180 million people who didn't have a bank account. After my government came to power, in 100 days 180 million bank accounts were opened. That is the speed of change."
"The secret to Make In India? Low cost manufacturing, skill, man power, raw materials. I don't think this is something that someone can ignore. In fact, it is a paradise for investors."
About modest beginnings and his mother
"I came from a very humble family. It's hard to imagine that a tea seller has become the leader of the world's greatest democracy. For that I would like to thank the country."
"My father is no longer with us. My mother is over 90 years old now. She does all her work herself. She is not educated, but through television she knows what is happening in the news.”
"When we were young, to get by, we used to go to our neighbours' houses and clean the dishes, fill water.”
"So you can imagine what a mother has to do to raise her children. There are thousands of mothers like that and I salute them.”
Role of women in India's growth
"All societies believe in god, but mostly they are male., Only in India we have women goddesses - Durga, Kali, Amba."
"But as far as the government is concerned, if we have to achieve economic goals, we cannot imprison 50 percent of our population inside our homes. Women must walk shoulder to shoulder with men."
"As far as education is concerned and the health sector, there are a large number of women. We have now reservation for women in the police in some union territories where the government has jurisdiction."
Aside from everything Modi said, there was a revelation by Zuckerberg as well about an old trip to India:
Apparently, when Faebook wasn't doing too well and they were thinking of selling the company, Mark was adviced by his mentor Steve Jobs to visit a temple in India to get some clarity on his vision for the future of Facebook, just like he himself had done when Apple was in its initial phase. Zuckerberg made a one-month trip to India which helped him a lot and so he says Facebook owes a lot to India
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A lot of our community members messaged us and asked to cover the story of Ishita Arora. As soon as we came across her post, we messaged to Ishita for more details and are awaiting a response. Ishita claims she has all the evidence against those who tortured and killed her mother.
Seeing the urgency of the situation we request the mainstream media to look into the issue as soon as possible. We also request everyone, if you have any details associated with this case, please let us know.
Here’s what Ishita Arora has posted on her Facebook timeline –
“MY MOTHER WAS KILLED
Dr. Sunita Arora, my revered mother and a Doctor since last 30+ years in Samalkha (Panipat, Haryana) was killed yesterday night by 5 Government Officials and Doctors of Panipat. We have the evidences of physical torture, eye-witness and camera recording against the Murderers. Yet No Goverment Official is arresting the killers. I would be highly greatful to each and every one who will help me reach this message to the highest officials of the GoI and help us arrest the killers. Please share this post on your wall and spread the message like fire. WE DESERVE JUSTICE.”
-Posted by Ishita Arora on Saturday, September 19, 2015
Here’s a news report by The Tribune. According to Tribune:
Her Mother is a lady doctor and died during a raid conducted by the Health Department authorities at her clinic in Samalkha, on 18th September. Health Department team raided the clinic last night on a tip off that an illegal abortion was being carried. After talking to a woman at the clinic, the team started questioning BAMS Dr Sunita, who reportedly collapsed, said Samalkha DSP Gorakhpal Rana.
*At this stage, we request everyone to not to draw any conclusions as we have just Ishita’s
