Arvind Kejriwal is the most dangerous of all political animals: the messiah. The man for whom any existing reality is too impure to be corrected
The One is Modi now, and at this moment in Indian politics, as the poet would have said, the performer and the performance have become one.
Why mass entertainment is a perfect training ground for a career in politics
The masks are a celebration of sameness from which many people feel shut out. They convey both the euphoria of this election and its air of mutual distrust
The reality of the world Gabriel García Márquez inherited needed a redeemer, a storyteller. El Maestro lived to tell the tale
LK Advani discourages abstinence, Raj Thackeray scapes an old goat and Abu Azmi asks people to vote twice
What does the rise of Modi and Kejriwal, and the stalling of Rahul, say about Indian politics?
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