New Delhi, March 24 -- Dear Shri Narendra Modi Ji,
As speeches go, your speech on Thursday night (20 March 2020) was simply superb. You came across as an elderly person, like the great uncle in an undivided Hindu family in Kerala of yesteryears, whose word was the law. The uncle may be a feared person but he is also the one who takes decisions, sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter, in the larger interest of the family.
You donned such a role while addressing the nation that day. Let me also admit that, like many others, I was a little scared of your speech. This was because of the saying that a cat which fell into hot water would be scared of cold water too. The whole nation remembers another speech you made on November 8, 2016, in which you...