"In complete contrast to the hot anger currently shared by the Indian public for the Delhi rapists, is the cooled attitude toward the Gujarat riots of 2002 when Narendra Modi was Chief Minister. The riots, in which hundreds of Muslims were killed, burned, raped and gang raped, are now seen as a mere small blemish on an otherwise redeemed and sparkling economic record, managed by a wildly successful image building campaign under Apco, an American PR firm used by dictators in the past. Modi remains totally unapologetic, and the BJP urge the public to forget and ignore." I had the chance to meet Chief Minister Modi about a year and a half ago during my International Experience trip in business school. Like all fast rising politicians, he was gracious and charismatic, casting a grand vision for Gujarat and the whole of India. We learned about his success in attracting foreign direct investment into the state. But this article gives real reason to pause and takes me back to State and Society at SOM. It gets the questions that every evolved leader (business, political, or otherwise) must ask; at what cost was this success wrought? How much responsibility does a leader have in any event that happens under them? For these riots specifically, did he, as his critics allege, initiate and condone them and what does that say for the economic gains that were attained during his tenure and his candidacy as PM of India? #missingSOM #businessandsociety #evolvedleadership #ConnieBagley
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:38:48 +0000
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