G.S. Mudur, the science correspondent of The Telegraph, Calcutta, has an interesting piece on the state of Narendra Modi‘s mind after his victory—“an emotional zenith, an elevated sense of self-image, a feeling beyond happiness, and a stronger-than-ever motivation towards his future goals”.
One psychologist, who has worked with children affected by the 2002 pogrom, says “a feeling of righteousness could in some cases push an election victor towards less tolerance for criticism and even less tolerance for differences of opinion.”
# “The win is likely to reinforce his belief in his own actions,” according to Alok Sinha, a behavioural psychologist and counsellor based in Lucknow. “For him, it’s likely to be seen as the people’s pronouncement on his actions.”
# “Winning is like an addiction. It can lead to a euphoric high, but it could also reinforce a belief that all that one did was correct,” according to Sandeep Vohra, a neuropsychiatrist at the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi.
# “In an election victory, the sense of elation occurs in different degrees in different people, but is likely to be higher among right-wing politicians,” according to Rajat Mitra, a clinical psychologist based in New Delhi
Read the full story: Victor’s high: More motivation, less tolerance
I think English Media (including churumuri) is not prepared to eat it’s own crow..
It’s time to suck up their defeat in projecting Modi as a Killer and move on. After all, negationism goes only so far. Congress, Communists and Corporate Media seem to think the old JNU tactics of false propaganda and muslim appeasement.
Commies and Congress can keep supporting terrorists and anti-nationlists..they will be exposed more than what they have been so far now.
So now winning is not a good thing? The desperate gimmicks of media jackasses is amusing :)
How about psychoanalyzing bad losers, say? :) “When the loser gets the feeling that he had his nose rubbed in dirt, he begins to psychoanalyze the victor and claims that winning is not a desirable thing”, said Dr S. H. Rink, a famous psychologist at Bangalore’s NIMHANS.
Zenman you are right on the mark.
After 11 Am (IST) yesterday the media has been desperately seeking to bail themselves out of the mess they got in wrt Modi. This is one more such gimmick. Trying to analyze a victor of the polls. Modi infact was quite measured in his responses after his victory. He hasn’t gone overboard in critizing his opponents too much. Gujarat election results are a festering wound for the analytical skills of these so called non partisan political analysts like prannoy roy, Bharka, rajdeep sardesia and parronjay’s. They have been thoroughly exposed and now they want to save their rear.
If you have not read The Hindu of 22nd, center page, article ‘waiting for the Gujarat verdict’ by Vidya Subramaniam, please read it. This will show as to how low the media can go. So is the Editoril to day.
Dear All,
Let me sum it up: “Godhra never happened; Modi did not win.”
Oh but the opposite is true isn’t it? Now super size me, psychoanalyze me! cry the “secularists”
Doddi… give credit to the Earthquake too!
Earthquake hit Gujarat, Keshubhai Patel and relatives hijacked the rebuilding work, accused of corruption, then Modi was deputed there.
Churmuri is still unable to come out of the utter shock after the Gujarat poll results. It is amusing that this blogger, keeps proving that he is psuedo secularist who was a ex-employee of the Toutlook.
KP grow up man…take a break and let modi do his job