BJP 2.0: The Cult
The BJP reinvents itself as a single-leader party with Narendra Modi as spearhead. What does it do to BJP’s chances, and India’s?
East
Of the 153 seats in 13 states, BJP can at best hope to pick up some 40 seats. On its own, it might gain somewhat in Bihar but Modi’s entry has already cost it an NDA partner in JD(U).
South
Of the 129 seats in these four states, the BJP will get less than 30 seats. What it will lose in Karnataka due to its diminution, it’s unlikely to make up in Andhra Pradesh.
West
Of the 101 seats in its four states, the BJP-NDA can pick up about 56 seats. In both Maharashtra and Gujarat, the room for improvement is limited.
North
Of the 154 seats in eight states, BJP-NDA can at best hope to pick up 61 seats. Uttar Pradesh, where Modi’s right-hand-man Amit Shah is in charge, is the great imponderable.
The Punters In Orange City
The RSS knows well that Modi can bring in only a limited number of seats. But by projecting him it’s making a calculated gamble.
A Tough Gangtok Rap
An RTI exposes how the Sikkim govt has blatantly misutilised funds meant for quake relief
‘1984 Made Me Think Of The Ways My Life Has Been Enmeshed In Riots’
The 57-year-old novelist talks about the movements in history and his life that shape his work.
In Camp Moses
Hounded out of their country, with threats and insecurity as constant consorts and faith their solace, Afghan Christians in India are in a limbo
Afternoon With Vanjiram Curry
It’s almost too good to be true: a rustic palm-thatched shack, run by a mom-and-pop team
Not Of The First Water
Wants to lift you by the collar and holler into your face that you are wrecking this earth and not doing anything about it
Farce And The Furious
This debut novel is a political satire bouncing on fantasy, and frothing with absurdities and banalities
Raseel Gujral
The creative director of design house Casa Paradox talks about being part of the Maison et Objet exhibition in Paris, and how she fuses the uber and the Victorian in her work
The Lunchbox
Little deft touches, pitch perfect acting. A film that makes you smile through its sadness.
