A prayer for India in 2018
With apologies to the great poet-laureate, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, a prayer for my country in 2018. Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high. Where...
Gujarat Gives Congress Oxygen but Revival is Still A Challenge
In a movie-crazy country, election victories too often are projected in ‘filmi’ terms. So in response to my clichéd remark in the television studio on the BJP’s narrow victory...
Gujarat: Urban-rural is split wide open
If there is any city that is seen to represent the public anger over demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax, it is Surat. Textile traders had shut shop...
The battle for Gujarat: Ten Takeaways
Having spent more than a week in Gujarat –a state that I regard as both karmabhoomi and Janmabhoomi –over three recent trips, here are ten takeaways from an election...
battle for Gujarat: BJP is winning election, losing narrative
It may be coincidental, but it is perhaps only appropriate that the Gujarat elections are being held in the week of the 25th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition....