Is Yogi, not Modi, the BJP's future?

Mr Modi and Mr Shah will need him if they want to win UP again in 2022 and India in 2024.This signals a Yogi Adityanath-sized change in BJP politics, even under Mr Modi, Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE:......

'Lok Sabha is becoming less and less important for voters'

'...vis-a-vis state or local elections,' Prannoy Roy and Dorab Sopariwala tell Uttaran Das Gupta. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com On the results night in 1977, Prannoy Roy and a few of his......

2019 is more 2004 than 2014

'There's nothing in the 2019 campaign air, the chunavi hawa that tells you it's a wave election, for anyone,' argues Shekhar Gupta.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com You have to get out of Delhi......

Expect record turnout in this election: Prannoy Roy

'Don't forget the BJP in the last election almost doubled its vote.''Even if they were not traditional BJP supporters, they were convinced about Mr Modi.''If the voter perceives that Mr Modi has......

All that is wrong with Mumbai's 2nd airport

Dorab R Sopariwala says it is likely that politicians, or their benamis, bought a fair amount of land just before the decision to build an airport in Navi Mumbai was announced. For several......

DD, the bad loser

So they are at it again; DD (Doordarshan), a bad loser, using the might of the entire Indian executive to squash a small guy from Dubai who was smart enough to strike a television deal that came......