When the BJP Sangh the Blues
We’re on the cusp of leadership change within the BJP, says Pankaj Vohra in the Hindustan Times. It’s not all because of their poll debacle either. There’s [Read More]
Sangh
Head Hunting
In Tehelka, Ashis Nandy argues that the BJP’s dependence on Hindutva was bound to be problematic. Instead of allowing their fundamentalist elements and loony right-wing [Read More]
Hindutva deja vu
It isn’t just these elections which have goaded the BJP into examining what exactly their relationship with Hindutva should be – turns out 2009 is a variation of [Read More]
Election verdict 2009 – Whither BJP?
First was the post that Sudheendra Kulkarni wrote. Then was the Swapan Dasgupta post on what Sudheendra Kulkarni wrote. Now is the Ram Puniyani post on what Swapan Dasgupta [Read More]
The Iron Man’s Meltdown
He agrees with the much-in-the-news Sudheendra Kulkarni that the BJP-led NDA was MIA* from 143 seats in Eastern and south India. He agrees that the BJP fell off the radar of [Read More]
The knives are out in the BJP
Brain-storming sessions that come to naught and implicate everyone else but yourself: that’s where the BJP is currently at, says Kanchan Gupta in Rediff. On Wednesday, [Read More]
‘LK and his gang’
Anil Chawla provides a blistering counterattack to his former IIT classmate Sudheendra Kulkarni’s explanation of what went wrong with the BJP’s campaign in the [Read More]
Hindu divided family
We’ve recognised Sudheendra Kulkarni before on this blog as the lone voice of reason within the BJP, so when he kicks back and analyses what he thinks went wrong with [Read More]
Mask upon mask in the BJP
In the Indian Express, Kumar Ketkar weighs in on the evolution of that very broad term, the ‘Sangh’, examining its genesis and eventual inevitable disintegration. [Read More]
