
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has managed to do for television that which the television industry nowadays fails to do. Ensure appointment viewing.
Three years ago, in November 2016, all Indians who had access to a TV and cable connection tuned in to find out that what we called money, was now useless paper. Then this year in February, we tuned in again dutifully, to be told about the Balakot attacks. Last week, we tuned in yet again, as the clock struck 8, to listen to a speech which I still don’t know the agenda of.