Oh, to be 21 again
A young woman spoke out against the politics of hate, on friendship with Pakistan, on seeking peace not war. Within minutes she was attacked by the soldiers of nationalism....
Today Narendra, tomorrow Devendra?
One of the first press conferences I covered as a rookie reporter was of Bal Thackeray and Pramod Mahajan in the late 1980s announcing their decision to contest elections...
UP: ten takeaways
It’s the half way mark in the crucial election battle in UP. It is impossible to accurately predict a 20 crore state’s voting preferences after a few visits, but...
Elections On My Plate | Exclusive Report From Lucknow
To understand vox populi on the Uttar Pradesh assembly election, India Today’s Rajdeep Sardesai takes you through the ‘Land of Awadh’. We meet voters to understand will the alliance...
The UP Muslim ‘vote bank’ predicament
The complicated and controversial notion of a Muslim vote bank stretches back to the first general elections in 1952. The post-Partition face of the Indian Muslims, Maulana Azad, was...
Congress will remain a C team player
Five years is an eternity in Indian politics. As Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav beamed beatifically into the cameras last weekend, the mind was thrown back to 2012 when...