Narendra Modi defeated almost everyone in his life except Mamata Banerjee and today he has done that too. Now he is the guy who has defeated each and every opponent. Kudos to him, bhai. That man is a case study.
Between two 'upsets' - Bengal and Tamil Nadu - Assam will be assumed as 'expected', but frankly that's the most impressive victory. Muslim population even higher than Bengal, Congress trying all dirty tricks, infiltrator problem, and yet @himantabiswa would be back, stronger!
I’m from the Northeast, so I remember how the story used to be told.
In the 90s and 2000s, when Delhi spoke about us, it was insurgency charts, AFSPA briefings and “sensitive border states.” Investors were advised caution. The region existed in files..
Contrast that with how global capital actually moves.
Microsoft didn’t come to India by accident. In 1998, Chandrababu Naidu sat with Bill Gates and pitched Hyderabad as a place that could execute uninterrupted power, land, policy clarity, speed. That single meeting didn’t just bring Microsoft; it created Cyberabad and changed Andhra Pradesh’s trajectory.
Fast forward to Davos.
You again see Chandrababu Naidu, this time discussing health systems, AI, and digital public infrastructure. He met Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian and discussed the development of the Google AI Data Centre in Visakhapatnam. Same logic, different decade: credibility first, capital follows.
Now look at Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma walking Davos with Assam.
This is not symbolic tourism. Assam is there for the first time as a serious state delegation, pushing concrete MoUs energy, infrastructure, manufacturing. This comes after years of groundwork: insurgency numbers collapsing, bridges like Bogibeel and Dhola–Sadiya stitching geography, highways replacing isolation, governance replacing drift.
That’s the real shift.
The Northeast is no longer being pitched as a frontier that needs patience. It’s being presented as a corridor that can deliver.. India’s eastern gateway, not its forgotten edge. Taking the leap!
For decades, we waited to be “included.”
Now, for the first time, we’re entering rooms because we’re ready.
That’s how regions change their fate.
Not with slogans n fake promises but with state capacity and timing.
And Davos is where that change becomes visible.
@himantabiswa 🙏
Apparently rhinos are way more than the official census. Yet all we saw are water buffalos and elephants, and one rhino. But had xaar, mati maahor dali and local mankho bhaat for lunch so no complaints
"Morality is a concept invented by unattractive men so that their partners don't leave them" - @manujosephsan 🤣
@BlrLitFest , what an exhilarating brilliance
it’s insane how this show managed to stay so good to keep its momentum even after taking years between seasons and it even beat wednesday. will netflix ever have a phenomenon like this again?
“This video for the people of Assam… you have harassed Muslims. This power will not stay with you forever. 2026 (Elections) is coming. Remember, you might have to leave Assam and go soon.”
- Man threatens Assamese people.
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