Abdul Kalam was President a decade ago when India celebrated her 60th Independence Day. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver his Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort. “A good Independence Day speech should have a vision for the country, a vision for the current political scenario, concrete and general points woven in with storytelling. For instance, in his first Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Modi chose to talk about the girl child, the importance of raising our boys right and the how cleanliness was the need of the hour. But more than such “occasion speeches”, it is “political speeches on the campaign trail” or in Parliament that sometimes give rise to iconic slogans, he adds.

Source: Mint August 14, 2017 07:52 UTC