Archive · 18 Aug 2026

'Dimagi Naxal' remark shows Modi running out of enemies

'Dimagi Naxal' remark shows Modi running out of enemies

Every year on India's Independence Day, the Prime Minister gives a big speech from an old fort called the Red Fort.

This year, PM Narendra Modi used a new word in his speech: 'Dimagi Naxal.'

Naxals are a group the government considers dangerous, so the phrase means someone with dangerous thoughts.

Modi said people with these thoughts want to trick the country and its young people, and they should be found and kept away.

But he did not explain exactly who counts as a 'Dimagi Naxal,' and many people are confused.

Leaders from his own party used the word for people who missed the ceremony, while a minister described it as people who want to split the country.

The article's writer thinks the word is unfair and could make people afraid to ask questions.

She says India is proud of its smart people and new ideas, but this word makes thinking itself look suspicious.

Many young Indians are upset about leaked exam papers and jobs that never came.

The writer believes Modi can no longer blame outsiders easily and now faces hard questions from the generation he built.

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