Maha-battle
A Mahabharata is being played out in Maharashtra even before Election Day. For the BJP Shiv Sena alliance, it's all about kaun banega mukhya mantri. The saffron alliance...
BJP at the crossroads: What the party can learn from bypolls results
Indian voters have a knack of surprising political pundits. Just a few weeks ago, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah could do no wrong; now, after a series of byelection...
Scotch On The Rocks
It appears that the nay-sayers have won the Scotland referendum: Scotland will remain a part of Great Britain after a long and contentious debate. There is no place...
Ahmedabad Calling Beijing
My grandmother always says, once an Amdavadi, always an Amdavadi! I was born in Ahmedabad, a city which for me will always be associated with wonderful childhood memories.
BJP’s diminishing returns of communal polarisation
Tuesday’s bypoll results have raised more questions for the BJP about what they have done wrong? Was it letting Adityanath and Maharaj run away with their mouths? Or was...
Walking on Water
The BJP is beset with a familiar Indian trait of never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Till Narendra Modi came along and used every available opportunity to...
Bypolls: BJP on the backfoot in UP, Gujarat, Rajasthan
The BJP is on the backfoot in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat as it risks losing eight seats to the Samajwadi Party and two to Congress, respectively, in the Vidhan...
Countdown to Maharashtra elections begins
Countdown to Maharashtra elections has begun, however, the picture is not clear yet. Shiv Sena-BJP seat-sharing negotiations in Maharashtra have not made much progress. Meanwhile, the alliance between the...
Feeding on Breasts
I have met Deepika Padukone just once: it was the CNN IBN Indian of the year awards last year when she won the special achievement prize for having acted...