Modi's Luxurious Fast

They say occasional fast is good for health.However, this good piece of advice is applicable to well fed or over-fed people and not to those who're half fed or compelled to go on fast most of the days.Narendra Modi's time bound luxury fast in cool ambiance of air conditioned venue is, of course, intenteded to improve his political health.Bitten by ambition and not by conscience Modi goes on fast in media glare to clear his desk for making it to national politics to stake his candidature for Primeminstership in the Loksabha polls in 2014.Admittedly, Modi has burnished his image for his developmental activities in Gujarat but Godhra riot has equally tarnished his image.In national politics Muslim vote bank is an important factor to reckon with.So Modi has now taken pro-Muslim stance referring to the need for extending educational facilities to Muslim and embarking upon progressive activities without any discrimination.Modi's fast is a desperate bid to shrug off the communal stink he has earned and send message to the Muslim community that he's now a changed man altogether.It's difficult to predict how much political dividend he'd earn from his much hyped luxurious fast.