Vibrant Gujarat 2013 Day #1 – Perspective in 12 Tweets

Madhu Kishwar shared a dozen tweets which summed up her takeaways from the first day of Vibrant Gujarat 2013. My personal favorites are #5, #6, and #9.

1\6 Even at risk of being damned for life by my secularist leftist friends, can’t help but say Gujarat Summit very impressive. Had heard…

— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 11, 2013

2/6 Had heard only negative things abt so I decided to start my independent assessment of modi’s gujarat by first attending summit. Rarely.

— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 11, 2013

3\6 Govt events rarely purposeful. This gave glimpse of what makes Modi stand out. His speech at summit one of best on inclusive development

— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 11, 2013

4\6 Had very useful conversations with small entrepreneurs, bureaucrats, citizens to understand how he made system work well to a purpose..

— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 11, 2013

5\6 Normally western power leaders are so patronising are so patronising towards India. Felt good to see equation totally reversed with Modi

— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 11, 2013

6\9 Huge foreign delegations at summit. Each one awe inspired with gujarat model. British MP said indian journalists don’t want to believe .

— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 11, 2013

7\9 Gujarat outperformed China in growth rate within democratic framework. Most impressive were sessions on water policy, alternative energy

— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 11, 2013

8\9 Modi doesn’t rest. Already every rural urban household has 24×7 power, most hv high quality piped water. But guj govt working on further

— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 11, 2013

9\9 Gujrat working on amazing improvements in water policy. It was water scarce state, today it is water surplus with water table rising

— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 11, 2013

I will have to spend lo more time in gujarat to get first hand assessment. Didn’t know 72% of new jobs in India created in Vibrant Gujarat.

— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 11, 2013

Gujarat among very few states with proactive policy of Small medium Enterprises. This sector appears flourishing unlike in rest of India 1\2

— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 11, 2013

3\3 Got most interesting insights from govt people into how bureaucracy made to deliver in gujarat. More tomorrow..

— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 11, 2013

If you don’t know much Madhu Kishwar, you might be interested in her take on nuanced positions and polarizing/predictable media.

Lest you think Kishwar’s observations are the ‘Minority Report’, here’s what Economic Times wrote about day #1 – encomium pours for Narendra Modi from Indian/Foreign/Industry bodies.