Monthly Archives: October 1989

Surprising though it may appear, the anti-Congress, anti-Rajiv to be precise, senti­ment is fairly well matched by the anti-BJP sentiment among the same aggressively articulate English-speaking section of the intelligentsia. If it ac­cuses Rajiv Gandhi of being personally cor­rupt, it holds the Bharatiya Janata Party guilty of Hindu chauvinism, communalism … Read More →

In the excit­ement over the surprise election an­nouncements, two points have generally escaped attention. First, the twin decisions on the dates and the linking of the poll to the Lok Sabha with that to a number of state legislatures have been as much of a sur­prise for most Congress leaders … Read More →