In this Episode of Midweek Matters, Dr Parakala looks back at all the seven speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 2014 until last year, and puts this year's speech against the back drop of his utterances in those. And tries to understand from them the shift that has taken place between 2014 and 2021 in the Modi persona and his political and governance discourse.

PM's Independence Day speech 2021:
https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pms-address-from-the-red-fort-on-75th-independence-day/?tag_term=pmspeech&comment=disable

 PM's Independence Day speech 2020 :
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1646045

PM's Independence Day speech 2019 :
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1582107

PM's Independence Day speech 2018 :
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1543107

PM's Independence Day speech 2017 :
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1499736

PM's Independence Day speech 2016:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/full-text-of-pm-narendra-modis-70th-independence-day-speech/articleshow/53710263.cms?from=mdr

PM's Independence Day speech 2015:
https://www.narendramodi.in/text-of-prime-minister-shri-narendra-modi-s-address-in-hindi-to-the-nation-from-the-ramparts-of-the-red-fort-on-the-69th-independence-day-211475

PM's Independence Day speech 2014 : 
https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/text-of-pms-address-in-hindi-to-the-nation-from-the-ramparts-of-the-red-fort-on-the-68th-independence-day/?comment=disable&tag_term=independence-day