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Modi saab, Varanasi and Mann ki baat

Last Friday to Sunday PM Modi was in Varanasi. This time he was in Varanasi as a MP and to kick-start those various hand loom projects and other schemes worth thousand crore he sanctioned three years ago. The extent of his will and work is pretty outstanding. Yes, if we purely view it neutrally then your heart says this. The erstwhile dispensation has been at least trying to establish the principle of welfare state, that's for sure!! However true that is, Varanasi still stands in ruins. I had a chance to visit Varanasi few years before. The Kashi-Vishveshwar still mesmerizes his devotees as the surrounding locality still stands in ruins. We do have some grudge after watching the dome of the mosque forcefully constructed alongside the temple. Same grudge beams up when we move in through the wee streets of old Varanasi called the 'Kashi' after the famed 'Kashi-Vishveshwar' The single roads running through the residential areas are all flooded with vehicles ru