Rajasthan

Ambedkar’s Courier Boy

Rahul Pandita

Shobharam Gehervar’s tryst with revolution and survival

Hope and Deliverance

Local issues and the Modi government’s record animate discussions while Congress’ populist pledges and allegations of political vendetta in arrests of opposition leaders fail to impress voters across north Rajasthan

A New Reckoning for Alwar

Rajeev Deshpande

BJP's Bhupendra Yadav says voters choose empowerment over freebies

The Vernacular Vibe

Tejinder S Randhawa

The enduring aura of architecture without architects

Sermon In the Sands

Manvendra Singh

A visit to a curious shrine in Rajasthan that straddles culture and memory

Day of the Wave Riders

Amita Shah

BJP’s spectacular victory in three states is matched by the party’s selection of the chief ministers

The Men and the Machine

Rajeev Deshpande

Helped by its election apparatus to come back from behind in three heartland states, an energised BJP can now provide a perfect launchpad for Modi’s bid for a third term