testing something

1. HIGH ON
CORRUPTION,
LOW ON
GROWTH
What Manmohan
Singh’s Red Fort
speeches reveal,
unknowingly
We analyzed words used by Singh in six of his Independence Day
speeches–his first three and his last three as PM.
Here’s what we found...

2. MORE
CORRUPTION,
MORE
PLANNING
First 3 I-Day speeches
2004-2005-2006
Words Manmohan
used a lot MORE
in recent Red Fort
Speeches
Figures are
number of times
a word was used
in speeches
13
11
3
Corruption
*Speeches were sourced from pmindia.nic.in
21
20
18
Last 3 I-Day speeches
2010-2011-2012
10
5
4
5
2
Naxalism
Prices
Plan/ Planning
Parliament
2
Happy

3. LESS
GROWTH,
ZERO
REFORMS
Words Manmohan
used a lot LESSER
in recent Red Fort
Speeches
First 3 I-Day speeches
2004-2005-2006
Last 3 I-Day speeches
2010-2011-2012
67
54
51
v
Figures are
number of times
a word was used
in speeches
34
34
34
16
13
17
15
8
Economy/
Economic
India
Bharat
8
1
0
Growth
21
World
Reform(s)
Young/
Youth
18
5
Prosper/
Prosperous
5
Hope

4. A MAN OF
FEWER
WORDS
HIS LONGEST SPEECH (2005) WAS
5,526 WORDS.

5. THE GANDHI-NEHRU TEMPLATE
MY DEAR COUNTRYMEN,
Indira Gandhi or
Rajiv Gandhi feature
in every single speech
of Manmohan Singh.
At times, both figure
in a speech.
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RAJIV GANDHI XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXX XXX X XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX
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X XXXXXX INDIRA GANDHI XXXXXXXXXXX XXXX X XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXX X XXXXXX
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XXX X XXXXXX XXXX JAWAHARLAL NEHRU XXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX XXXX XXX X
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JAI HIND, JAI HIND JAI HIND
MANMOHAN SINGH
In his first
speech as
PM, Singh
referred
to Rajiv
Gandhi four
times.
Mahatma Gandhi &
Jawaharlal Nehru
quotes also feature
in many speeches.

7. SO, HOW HAVE
MANMOHAN SINGH
INDIA CHANGED
IN THESE YEARS?
Let us know.
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Research & Text: TV Mahalingam
Design: Chander