Reconciliation and contrived victimhood

The three-day Sadbhavana fast by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, which came close on the heels of the Supreme Court order asking the SIT to place its final report in a trial court in Ahmedabad, has become a subject of delicious speculation with more dimensions than a Surat diamond could flash. Though it would be naive to suggest that there was no symbolism in the act, it would also be vain to imagine that so many facets could be accorded to it. However, let us consume ourselves with reading between the lines since the obvious escapes us.

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