2014 Indian general election
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Betrayal in Telangana
A comment on the Telangana Rashtra Samiti rejecting an alliance with Congress, which the poster says costs the party its southern hope and long-term base.
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Politics
BJP grabs the first seat (West Bengal)
The poster notes that the BJP and Gorkha Janamukti Morcha have renewed their alliance for the first 2014 result, Darjeeling, and expects a Gorkhaland promise to cost Mamata Banerjee Lok…
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Politics
Moopanars for Modi?
A taxi-driver reporter’s piece from Thanjavur on rising BJP support in Tamil Nadu, with the poster noting that the party has crossed 10 per cent and that voters may split…
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Politics
Arvind Kejriwal flies high
A critique of Arvind Kejriwal flying on India Today’s private plane, with the poster saying it made him regret backing a leader who promised to be Mr Clean.
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Politics
The Muslims of Uttar Pradesh
An American reporter’s account of Uttar Pradesh’s pivotal role in Election 2014, with the poster predicting the Muslim vote will favour the AAP in cities and the BSP in villages,…
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Politics
The americans are keeping (a careful) watch
A report on a Pew survey of Indian voters, with the poster asking why Americans poll India on election eve and what it says about US readiness to align with…
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Politics
India 2014
The poster reads the polls as giving the BJP-led NDA about 200 seats, short of 272, because rural caste coalitions and the Aam Aadmi Party will limit it, while the…