Rahul Gandhi
To understand vox populi on the Uttar Pradesh assembly election, India Today’s Rajdeep Sardesai takes…
Five years is an eternity in Indian politics. As Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav beamed…
We want a Congress Mukt Bharat,” thundered Narendra Modi in the 2014 general election campaign,…
News channels always face a ‘dharam sankat’ when Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi speak at…
It’s that time of the year: The bells are ringing and carols are being sung.…
Daughters can be unusually prescient: Taking a first look at my book, 2014: The Election that Changed India, she asked why the cover had pictures of both Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi. “Shouldn’t you just be showing Mr Modi, he is after all the big winner, why do you need a Rahul picture also?” “Because,” I replied, “For every winner, you need a loser!”
Boxing films have always enthralled me. As a teenager, the Rocky series was inspirational. Raging Bull, the story of Jake La Motta, is probably the gold standard for all sports films, with Robert de Niro at his histrionic best. Other boxing films like The Fighter and Million Dollar Baby have also been captivating.
Barring a miracle, at some stage on Friday, Narendra Modi will be poised to fulfil his long-cherished ambition of being the next prime minister. Yes, exit polls have a spotty record in the country, but unless we have all got it horribly wrong, there is no reason to believe that there isn’t a Modi ‘wave’ in large parts of the country, if not a tsunami. When Modi writes his blog and thanks the Indian voter, here are a few more thank you cards he should send out.
