elections

Prashant Kishor: Spin and Win

Open

The country's favourite poll meister, he is an assiduous kingmaker who does not waste his pawns

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind: Madani & Madani

Kumar Anshuman

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind after the reunification hopes to influence the outcome of elections in West Bengal, Assam and Uttar Pradesh

O Rajagopal: Kerala’s permanent BJP candidate

Shahina KK

In Kerala, BJP has just one face: O Rajagopal, an 84-year-old who is contesting yet another election despite eight earlier defeats

Is AAP withering away?

Mihir Srivastava

As the elections bring the Aam Aadmi Party’s internal squabbles to the fore, Arvind Kejriwal faces his biggest challenge yet

Lies, Damned Lies… and Advertising

Aresh Shirali

A few brands have joined the electoral hurly-burly with messages of their own

The Untold Census Story

PR Ramesh

Assam, West Bengal, Kerala and UP have seen a significant rise in Muslim population over the past decade, according to a leaked report of the 2011 Census

Back to Their Old Games

Anil Budur Lulla

Political compromises in Karnataka before this year’s General Election

“Kejriwal Is Not Even on Our Radar”

Mihir Srivastava

Sheila Dikshit speaks about her anarchist adversary, on Rahul Gandhi, son Sandeep Dikshit, the issue of women’s safety and more

Change of Guard

Anil Budur Lulla

The Congress wins a simple majority and the JDS rivals the BJP for second place, bringing an end to the saffron party’s vigilantism and its love of gods and godmen