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The Spectacle and the Silence

Modi avoids the press and fills stadiums instead. Twelve years. Four continents. The same formula every time: a crowd mobilised by invisible machinery, a press conference declined by visible design, and footage heading home to an audience trained not to ask why.

The Spectacle and the Silence
Marvel Stadium Mega-Event: On July 9, nearly 30,000 members of the Indian diaspora packed out the Docklands venue for the "Melbourne Meets Modi" reception. (Image source: Narendra Modi via X)

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The Spectacle and the Silence
Marvel Stadium Mega-Event: On July 9, nearly 30,000 members of the Indian diaspora packed out the Docklands venue for the "Melbourne Meets Modi" reception. (Image source: Narendra Modi via X)

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The Spectacle and the Silence

Modi avoids the press and fills stadiums instead. Twelve years. Four continents. The same formula every time: a crowd mobilised by invisible machinery, a press conference declined by visible design, and footage heading home to an audience trained not to ask why.

8 min read


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