The chief minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, will be a keynote speaker at an upcoming conference sponsored by the Wharton School of Business at their 17th Wharton India Economic Forum and held at the Penn Museum at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
So who the hell is Modi and why should you care? He is accused by some of genocide in the 2002 Gujarati riots for one. General oppressor, religious bigot, and despot, for another. But he can charm your socks off, was on the cover of Time magazine, and has more charisma than Bill Clinton according to the Atlantic Wire. Continue reading