Acche din a possibility or a mirage?

The 16th of May last year was the day the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious in the general elections. It seemed that the nation had finally spoken and better days seemed to be in store for the world's largest democracy. The party won a historical mandate with its promise of a better more prosperous India. A year later little of that initial enthusiasm remains. The government seems to be mired in needless controversies, some its own doing and some manufactured by its detractors. The lack of coherent arguments on the part of its spokespersons to defend its ministers embroiled in the 'Lalitgate' scandal has left the new government's image in tatters. Prime minister Narendra Modi has maintained a stoic silence on the whole issue. To millions of Indians he remains the sole hope for a better India greatly disillusioned with the nation following years of mismanagement by a corrupt polity . Most people trust his personal integrity and dedication to the post that he occupies. One  hopes that he will quickly put an end to these controversies by speaking up and reassure the Indian people that his promise of acche din is not merely a mirage.