Overview
- Tharoor posted on X that the address urged “constructive impatience” for development and cast India as an “emerging model” rather than just an emerging market.
- He highlighted Modi’s call for a 10-year national mission to overturn Macaulay-era influence and to elevate Indian languages, heritage and knowledge systems.
- Recounting the speech, Tharoor quoted Modi’s response to critics as governing in “emotional mode” rather than constant “election mode.”
- He added that he wished Modi had acknowledged Ramnath Goenka’s use of English to champion Indian nationalism and noted he attended despite a bad cold and cough.
- The praise drew fresh attention to Tharoor’s strained ties with Congress after recent controversies, though there has been no formal party action reported.