Posts Tagged ‘AAP’
Friends, this is deeply personal and as public as I can get. I attempt to articulate the caverns in my mind and in my land by trying to tell Panjab’s story through the prism of rituals and mental illness.
On social media I asked the question: Can I build a book on this premise? The response was an overwhelming yes. I feel finally I am getting a grip on Panjab. Thank you Aditi Sengupta. I loved being pushed to articulate the demons that haunt me.
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Tags: AAP, Akali Dal, Congress, Mental Illness, Punjab, Ritual, Story telling
Friends, here are my views on the Punjab elections as discussed with Vicky Nanjappa Februray 3 morning.
Note: a minor correction: not Haryana but one or two cities or nearby villages.
Tags: AAP, Congress, Elections 2017, Punjab, SAD
Caravan: For The Aam Aadmi Party’s Volunteers In Punjab, Supporting The Party Is A Leap Of Faith
Friends, when I came to Punjab to observe the elections I was surprised. Aam Aadmi Party which we all saw bungling over the last year and half seemed to have regained lost ground and is very much in contention.
Here is a story from a few days on the AAP trail.
Tags: AAP, Elections 2017, Punjab
My recent piece in Tehelka on the four seats that AAP won from Punjab in the General Election 2014.
‘For a party that was contesting the Lok Sabha polls for the first time, Aam Aadmi Party has done quite well. The only regret is that it set its own target so high that it fell massively. In Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party’s tally is equal to that of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and one better than the Congress’. Yet, before we congratulate Aam Aadmi Party, we need to look at the context of this victory.’
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Tags: 2014 General Elections, Aam Aadmi Party, AAP, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, Punjab, Sangrur
One May 16 the Indian General Elections Results were announced. On that day Tapasya Mitra Mazumder from Bangalore Mirror did an article on the end of the viscous and sometimes virulent discussions on Facebook. She quoted me too.
‘The political drama draws to a close today, but the eight months (or so since Modi’s candidature as PM) have taken its toll on friendships in both virtual and real space. The 2014 general elections in India would be the story of its social impact and that of ‘unfriending’. ‘
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Tags: 2014 General Elections, AAP, Bangalore Mirror, BJP, Narendra Modi