S Prasannarajan
The One is Modi now, and at this moment in Indian politics, as the poet would have said, the performer and the performance have become one.
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The BJP has learnt enough from past mistakes to rid itself of its swadeshi image. This has led to heartburn among the old guard but the new leadership couldn’t be bothered
Both the BJP and Congress want to see Kejriwal fail, but he has a trump card they dare not ignore