If the grapevine is to be believed, Pawar is in constant touch with Mamata Banerjee as he wants her to return to power by trouncing the BJP in the upcoming Assembly election
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of nine books, including the award-winning Water, Peace, and War : Confronting the Global Water Crisis
Makarand R Paranjape, director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, is the author of ‘JNU: Nationalism and India’s Uncivil Wars’. Views are personal.