It was surprising for us to see Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi taking a stroll at the Scandal Point in Shimla on the second day of the three-day brainstorming session of his party here in the morning. Leaving behind his security paraphernalia, Modi rode in a green Scorpio car to reach Mall road...

Who will lead India? Two days before the actual results of the Lok Sabha elections are made public, it is clear that the race is going to be a very close one. The numbers will decide who will be the next PM. But who should be the next PM? That is an entirely different question and depends on what each...

The first phase of the 2009 general elections begins in less than 24 hours. The greatest democratic exercise in this country, however, has been preceded by one of the most undemocratic and politically churlish phases. The period leading to the current election has seen political maturity and discourse...

Whether or not they make it to the top post, some of our politicians are definitely making it to the top of the popularity charts on the internet. According to Google India, the ‘most searched politicians on Google in India include the following (in alphabetical order): Chiranjeevi LK Advani Manmohan...

After a proxy war lampooning each other on television channels, the Congress party in Andhra Pradesh and its arch rival Telegu Desam Party (TDP) have raised the ante. While Congress leaders described film actor N.T. Ramarao junior , who is campaigning for the TDP an “infant crow”, the latter responded...

In this month's issue of The Atlantic , we find Robert Kaplan's profile of Narendra Modi -- or rather, what purports to be a profile. Really, from reading the article, it looks like Modi gave Kaplan approximately 30 minutes of his time, and Kaplan doesn't go through the usual grind of talking...

Got to love what US elections and politics have become in the home of capitalism. It is intensely personal and the bottom line is, well, about the bottom line. Here are a couple of emails from the Barack Obama campaign from the Democratic Convention in Denver. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michelle...