Rahul Gandhi

Give up or gear up

Ullekh NP

Faced with an unforgiving India and a redundant leadership, does Rahul Gandhi have any other choice?

The surrender

Ullekh NP

Missing leader. Muddled message. And a Congress that has conceded defeat without even the semblance of a fight

In Praise of the Risk Taker

Shekhar Gupta

What does the rise of Modi and Kejriwal, and the stalling of Rahul, say about Indian politics?

The Poetry of Dynasty and the Prodigal Son

Chinki Sinha

Where Rahul Gandhi is an ancestral memory and Varun Gandhi is the intimate Other. Chinki Sinha discovers the dynamics of dynasty as she travels through Amethi, Rae Bareily and Sultanpur

There’s No Silence Louder than Rahul in Benares

Aatish Taseer

The enigma that is Rahul Gandhi has proved too inscrutable for the people of Benares. No one has a word to say about him, not even a harsh word

Of Discrimination and Flying Phones

Madhavankutty Pillai

What has been missing in the speeches of Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal is levity. The man who can teach them that is Tamil Nadu filmstar-turned-politician Vijaykanth, a DMDK leader