On the ground, one could clearly hear annoyance and fury over a bid to keep the lid on their voices. So the people of UP have shouted to make sure they are heard. It has national consequences. Against all odds it appears, the will of the...
Although the tiff between Gadkari and Modi-Shah is long known, it once again came to the fore with reports surfacing recently that the BJP top leadership has actively worked for the defeat of Gadkari in Nagpur. There is growing chatter within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
From Lucknow to Varanasi, voters are no longer charmed by muscular nationalism and Hindutva. With livelihood issues and inflation becoming poll issues, there is a perceptible voter transfer on the ground from the BJP to INDIA alliance. It was about 7 am. Lucknow was slowly getting...
Long travels in UP in the past few weeks uncovered simmering discomfort and anger amongst what was a loyal and trusted BJP support base, the Rajputs. Their open expression of dissent has forced BJP’s top leaders to firefight. Will it work? Narendra Modi is in firefighting...
Decoding the UP story for the BJP reveals annoyance with price rise and joblessness, but also fatigue with a one-leader 'sarkar' and bottled up suspicions about a ‘Yogi versus centre’ theme, leading to voter apathy and uninterested voters. A major and dominant 'upper' caste group...
The ‘warrior’ communities all over north India – the Rajputs, Sikhs, Jats, Bhils, Pasis and those among Muslims – are splitting from the BJP. It seems that the world has come full circle. In a recent election rally in Ghaziabad, Mayawati openly supported the Kshtariya community. Mayawati has,...
the Congress party, after many years, has a sound agriculture manifesto. The Modi manifesto does not also divulge any details on how the transformation will happen. It is necessary to evaluate the manifestos of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, to see what they hold...
What is happening as a response to Parshottam Rupala’s comments could be the Thakurs’ first war cry. If Rajputs across India stand up to fight, Modi’s ashvamedh will be stopped once and for all. Recently, Union minister and Modi confidant Purushottam Rupala filed his nomination in Rajkot, amidst...
The local belief is that Mawphalang sacred grove still serves as a portal between worlds The lush thick forest on a rainy day is one bad idea. But I kept walking on a brownish stony path. Instead of leopards and snakes, I spotted whitish baby mushrooms...
The times were changing in Nongtraw from political to climatic but Jhoom cultivation has ensured a model of agriculture churning out nutrition and agro-justice at the same time Aided by the mist, columns of stinging rain were attacking the green mountains of East Khasi hills. The...