The choice of a saffron-clad Adityanath with rough edges particularly puts the opinion-making elite to tremendous discomfort. This discomfort would push them to either greater embrace of Modi or just hold on to him for longer.

This exceprt from 'Furrows in a Field', the biography of former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda, discusses the public recognition that Modi has given the JD(S) stalwart.

While resigning recently, independent trustees raised serious allegations of financial misconduct within the Foundation that receives public funds.

The prime minister's speeches depend on faith, pride and emotion, so unabashed flair and zero circumspection trump efforts to fact-check.

The petty, self-serving power games that the top leadership of all three parties have relentlessly played have created dead ends that they now find difficult to negotiate.

Whether the party supports its senior leader or not, the morality of its action will be questioned. This is a result of the BJP's propaganda, which the Congress has never strategically addressed.

Politically, there will not be a dull moment in Karnataka for quite some time.

Can India’s liberal tradition be confined to a few square kilometers of New Delhi, and to those who communicate in one foreign language?

Rahul Gandhi’s destiny may be to stay, swallow the hurt, sacrifice, and reform.

It is important to tell the Karnataka story through the prism of the Congress’ defeat, rather than the spectacular success of the BJP, because success has a flat, linear explanation.

Yadav has called for Delhi voters to exercise their cynicism and right to reject by pressing NOTA. But the prospect of an election turning up 'blank ballots' was visited long ago by the Portuguese Nobel laureate.

Rahul Gandhi aims to invoke the lucky charm of South India for his family and party. But the South is not what it was twenty, or forty, years ago to his mother and grandmother.

The fault lines of the flag debate lie in the imperfections of Karnataka’s cultural and emotional integration. By dialling back, the Congress is avoiding a self-goal.