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Mohan Bhagwat brings a resurgent Sangh to the cusp of political power

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Modi's Next Race in India's Elections: His Own

In Varanasi, where the BJP leader hopes to win his seat in parliament, missed calls and unsolicited volunteers shape a crucial race.

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Varanasi shows Gandhian methods alone don’t win elections

Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September of 2012, US President Barack Obama said: “It’s time to heed the words of Gandhi: ‘Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit’.”

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The vote in Varanasi could change art and politics in India forever

In 2010, Riyas Komu had an interesting experience in Johannesburg, while waiting for Nelson Mandela to arrive before the final match of the FIFA World Cup began. Everywhere he went during the tournament, the Mumbai-born artist had made it a point to wear a `Gandhi cap’ as a symbolic reminder of Mahatma Gandhi’s political association with South Africa.

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The man who tried to change Indian politics before Kejriwal says the AAP are Luddites—and Modi is realistic

Jayaprakash Narayan is not your typical Indian politician. He doesn’t even wear khadi, the regulation fabric. Eight years before the Aam Aadmi Party burst on to the political scene, Narayan, a former bureaucrat, founded the Lok Satta Party promising a new kind of politics.

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Three colossal mistakes that cost the BJP the Delhi elections

By noon on Feb. 10, it became clear that something historical was unfolding in Delhi. By the end of the day, the upstart Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)—formed just 26 months ago—had won the state assembly elections so comprehensively that the opposition could be bundled into a hatchback.

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Modi will pay for believing he is above God, rival Ajai Rai says from Varanasi

Any unknown face in this narrow lane opposite the Chetganj police station in Varanasi is carefully stared at.

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Arun Jaitley works hard to improve the atmosphere for business but ignores climate change

The finance minister has made the most of the oil bonanza and laid out a clear road map for the economy.

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Billion-dollar loan to Adani cements Modi's friendship with corporate India

The Prime Minister constantly says the government has no business being in business. But he has made it his business to grant astonishingly generous incentives to business.

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Intelligence official recalls the original Babri sting operation he pulled off 22 years ago

In February 1992, a top Intelligence Bureau man had bugged a room in which senior Sangh Parivar leaders met to discuss plans to demolish Ayodhya shrine.

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Why BJP needs Christians for double engine to roll out in Kerala

Kerala felt slighted year after year when its requests for more rail connectivity were ignored by Delhi.

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