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Supremodi

Quod erat demonstrandum. The man does know his poll math.

May 26, 2014

| Saba Naqvi
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Judgement Day Feast For The Shah Of Shahs

Campaign mastermind, ace poll strategist and Modi’s best man, Amit Shah is on the top

May 26, 2014

| Prarthna Gahilote
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The Two-Seater Is An Expensive Guy

Who bears the cost of repolling in the seat a candidate surrenders if he wins both?

May 26, 2014

| Siddhartha Mishra
jump cut

The Design Element

Brand Modi was painstakingly designed, concentrating hugely on creating a powerful visual personality.

May 26, 2014

| Bishwadeep Moitra
column

Maximum Modi

It’s taken a Modi to rid India of a toxic ’70s Indira-Gandhianism

May 26, 2014

| Ashok Malik
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The Pass Percentage

Modi’s campaign collapsed the gap between contesting and winning

May 26, 2014

| Praveen Chakravarty
locus standi

Different Folks, Different Strokes

What Narendra Modi said at various places at the different stages of his election campaign

May 26, 2014

| Abhijit Mazumdar
economy

The Seatbelt Sign Is On

What will be PM Modi’s focus in his first 100 days in office? An expert roadmap.

May 26, 2014

| Lola Nayar
economy

Bring Out The Heavy Machinery

CEO Modi will be on the job from day one, say team members. A look at his possible pet projects

May 26, 2014

| Prarthna Gahilote
cover story

In Through The Wringer, Out From The Drum

Where does the Congress go after this decimation? Can it pull itself back?

May 26, 2014

| Uttam Sengupta
column

With Gujarati Subtitles

Our Great Leader does with endearing native traits as he pleases

May 26, 2014

| S.B. Easwaran
column

All We Hear Is Studio Ga Ga

A partisan media propped Modi up. It must watch its own back now.

May 26, 2014

| Vrinda Gopinath
Opinion

A L’il Bird Told You

How Twitter helped in the micromanaging of Elections 2014

May 26, 2014

| Vishweshwar Bhat
column

My Trust Reposed In A Sort Of Decency, In Sainikji

Modiji, a peaceful, prosperous India must be inclusive; force has its limits and its dangers; and capital has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight

May 26, 2014

| Tabish Khair

prime time

2014: An Election Of Firsts

The general election to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha will be remembered for a number of firsts.

May 26, 2014

| Alka Gupta
the world

We Are Not Alone

It may be the biggest show on earth, but India is not the only country doing a poll waltz in 2014

May 26, 2014

| Pranay Sharma
expenses

Count Your Zeroes Before They Addle

Take a breath. Parties spent Rs 31,950 crore in the polls, with a little help from corporates.

May 26, 2014

| Arindam Mukherjee
- Cash Flows Down The Sangam
oldest mps

Still Charged Up After All These Years

Four of our oldest MPs, from the first Lok Sabha in 1952, ponder upon the politics of our times

May 26, 2014

| Priyadarshini Sen
pixellated

The View From Hereabouts

This time, netas got busy tweeting pictures from the front too

May 26, 2014

| Narendra Bisht
opinion

Every Man To The Superstructure

After a spell of perversity, the Left has to retake its path of idealism

May 26, 2014

| Sumit Chakravartty
varanasi

A Spirit That Refuses To Be Voted Out

The energy with which AAP has thrown itself into battle has left many surprised

May 26, 2014

| Saba Naqvi
opinion

Country For Young Men

Our country can’t have more of the present. AAP may have an answer.

May 26, 2014

| Anand Kumar (AAP)
opinion

The Pied Wiper’s Tune

O come all ye faithful! Follow the wiper-out of the Congress!

May 26, 2014

| Arun Sinha
living under modi

At The End Of This Road...

Thinkers in many fields on their fears of what India under Modi might be like. Why should we be worried?

May 26, 2014

| Satish Padmanabhan
pollorama

The Heat, Dust & Khana-Pani Of An Indian Election

The Outlook team shares its experiences

May 26, 2014

| Namrata Joshi
awards lite

Jumpin’ Jacks

The Outlook poll-vault winners.

May 26, 2014

| Sorit
pollexicon

A Whole New Alphabet

The vocabulary this election brought into currency. Presenting, an A-Z.

May 26, 2014

| Sundeep Dougal

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