High Stakes, High Hopes

On a Knife-Edge

It’s a keen contest in Madhya Pradesh where Rajeev Deshpande finds Congress trying to replicate its Karnataka winning model and BJP counting on popular welfare schemes

‘BJP is winning the war of narratives’

Union Minister and BJP’s Madhya Pradesh in-charge Bhupender Yadav says the party’s promises are credible and based on its record in office

Intimations for the Incumbent

A resurgent BJP and influential Adivasi candidates could spoil the Congress show in Chhattisgarh’s first phase

Freebie Fix

Competitive populism of the manifestos can only come at a very high post-poll cost

Promises and Prospects

A report card on performance and politics

What’s At Stake?

The upcoming Assembly elections will provide BJP cues for the General Election next year

The Assembly Test

An Imprisoned Mind

A fractured memoir that is as much about madness as it is about writing

Maoists after Milind Teltumbde

The Maoist movement in its present form will be most likely over in the next few years. The geographical influence of Maoists has contracted to 41 districts from 96 about 10 years ago