A Congress without a Gandhi – Nehru?
It can’t be easy being Rahul Gandhi: he isn’t just a dynast but he is a fifth generation dynast at that. It is exactly a century since Motilal Nehru...
PM Modi’s Thank You cards
With prime minister Narendra Modi having scripted a slice of history by becoming the first leader since Indira Gandhi to win two successive majority government elections, it maybe time...
TsuNamo Part 2: Politics as Reality TV
Confined to AC studios for months, tv anchors are let loose into the field at election time. Parachuted into hotspots in different parts of the country, we suddenly are...
Modi vs Who? The Rise of the Regional Supremo
Politics allows for no illness or any sign of physical vulnerability, especially at election time. This might explain why the notoriously camera shy Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik had...
Modi Shining may not be India Shining part 2
A cheery optimism is a politician’s constant companion. Which is why as survey after survey shows the Narendra Modi-led NDA poised to return to power, opposition politicians have been...
Narendra Modi and Limits of Self-Marketing
In the age of 24 x 7 news, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the master of political theatre, his every move designed to maximize eyeballs. Which is why a...
Ten Reasons why Mr Modi is in Pole Position to win 2019
The battle has well and truly begun, the election commission has sounded the bugle for elections 2019. Elections are both a marathon cum steeplechase with many crazy jumps and...
War games in election season
War is not a cricket match and an air strike should not be reduced to a political spectacle. But we are in election season which might explain the well-choreographed...
The importance of being Nitin Gadkari in a big election year
In February 1994, as I was preparing to leave Mumbai for Delhi, a senior professional colleague had a word of caution: “Remember, Delhi is very different to our city....
Behenji Needed More than Behen
This is the season for opinion polls with hyper-ventilating TV anchors throwing a volley of numbers at dazed viewers with an authority that at times belies the spotty track...