Raghu Rai Brings Images of Contrast Between PM Modi and Manmohan Singh

BANGALORE:  Photographer Raghu Rai in his new book, “The Tale of Two, An Outgoing and An Incoming, Prime Minister,” compares the personalities of current Prime Minister Narendra Modi and outgoing PM Manmohan Singh through a series of photographs. He also exclaimed “The one who did not speak a word, his silence was deafening and the other who spoke much and it was deafening.” His book has brings together images of contrast of Singh and Modi in public and their positions in their parties.

According to Rai, since a prime minister is the supreme leader of a nation, there is “no room for us to look for the detractors who might have been the cause of his failure”.

He says in Singh’s case, his “failure to give us the kind of government we wanted might have been because of the high command’s final decision or the scams caused, but the sole responsibility falls upon the prime minister of the day”.

Rai says similarly when Narendra Modi takes over, “his performance as prime minister will have to be judged by his actions and decisions in performing his ‘rajdharma.”

The veteran photograph themed his book on two sessions of Congress and BJP held in the capital in January.

“It was after 25 long years, I found the courage to photograph once again the sessions of two leading political parties during election season, the Congress and the BJP,” he says of the initiative.

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