Haima Deshpande
Criticises Gujaratis for giving nothing to Mumbai
In addressing their party workers, both Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi have made a bold pitch for the votes of this rapidly expanding section of the electorate. This is now an electoral compulsion, not coincidence
With the aid of Modi’s story of his days as a tea vendor, the state party unit has been wooing the chaiwallahs of South Mumbai in earnest
The arrival of Arvind Kejriwal eliminates the need for the urban educated middle-class to negotiate a compromise with its own values
With his eye on 2014, the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate is reaching out to Muslims like never before
The Sensex’s celebratory air after the recent assembly poll results may be premature
The BJP’s PM aspirant is popular here but cannot count on the region for numbers