Doctor on Call

General Election 2019: Quote Hanger

My mother is contesting from here and she is a noble soul. You all should vote for Mata, that is, Bharat Mata, says Varun Gandhi

Shalom Al Yisrael

A survival saga bookended by history and memory

Varanasi: The City of Flickering Light

In the 2014 elections, Shylashri Shankar found Varanasi under the spell of Narendra Modi. Revisiting it in the current campaign, she finds some change is evident but the fault lines underneath remain the same

Tandoori Tea, Binglish Slogans and the Cautious Forecasts of Poets

Modi’s Seshan

Call of the Slogan | Selfie at the Ghat | Kinetic Patnaik | The Sulks | Didi’s Hindutva | Migrant Vote | Faux Film

Mumbai Notebook

The V Day

General Election 2019: Quote Hanger

I wanted to say Maulana Azad but uttered Muhammad Ali Jinnah, says Shatrughan Sinha

Electoral Intelligence

The use of technology, ranging from big data to crunch voter information to predictive modelling about margins of victory, has changed elections in India too

In Thrall to Our Man of Deliverance

The many variations of the idea of Narendra Modi as seen from the ghats of Varanasi