Advantage Modi
Predicting elections can be injurious to the health of journalists and pollsters, more so when there is still a month to go before voting. Even so, there is a...
Face the nation
On the face of it, a Narendra Modi’s politics is as different from Mayawati’s as a Gujarati dhokla is from a Lucknowi seekh kebab. One is a Hindutva icon,...
The new Advani?
In this age of instant punditry, it’s often easier to arrive at conclusions without even attempting an analysis. When the person in question is Narendra Modi, then it becomes...
All hail the party-pooper
Dev Kant Barooah’s singular contribution to Indian democracy was his coronation of Indira Gandhi as the Empress of India with his infamous remark: “India is Indira, and Indira is...