I am illiterate and don’t even know much about Narendra Modi,” says Mehnaz as neighbours gather at her house. She told me she would name her child Narendra Damodardas Modi and I agreed to write about it in the newspaper I work for. Saying no local politician or leader visited her and the child, Mehnaz adds, “Only the media visited us, took photographs, interviewed us and left. On May 24, Mushtaq wrote in the newspaper about her naming the child Narendra Modi. “She was told that if she names her child after Narendra Modi, the baby would be adopted by the government and would get benefits.

Source: Indian Express June 29, 2019 19:18 UTC