http://www.elections.in/blog/is-this-the-right-time-to-mock-the-acche-din-concept/ Is this the right time to mock the “Acche Din” concept? By Deepak Parvatiyar July 21, 2014 Elections are won by selling dreams. This is one mantra that Narendra Modi learnt much early in his political career – it was the dream of a still elusive Ram temple at Ayodhya that consolidated Hindu votes and catapulted the BJP to the position of a major political force. The economic development was the other big dream that he showed to the youth and the dominant business community of the state to win successive state assembly elections in Gujarat. Experts still debate over the merits and demerits of the Gujarat model of development. But Modi’s journey as a dream merchant continues to cast a spell on many. This time he has sold the dream of ‘achhe din aane wale hain (Better times are about to come)’ to the masses! A Utopian dream? Sigmund Freud defined dreams as manifestations of our deepest
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