Why UP is looking beyond two big national parties in Lok Sabha elections

Mainstream media is a bad word in not just Ismailganj but in the neighbouring villages of Udaychandrapur and Jetwardi

The Dalit youth of Ismailganj, a village in Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency, as they sit amid overflowing drains, ask the most inconvenient questions about the Indian state abdicating its responsibilities towards its poorest citizens, and express skepticism about Narendra Modi government’s claims on Pulwama terror attack and Balakot air strike.

Mainstream media is a bad word in not just Ismailganj, predominantly a Jatav village, but in the neighbouring village of Udaychandrapur, which has a significant population of Pasis, as well as the Yadav and Kurmi dominated Jetwardi.

“Why doesn’t the media ask the most basic of the questions? What happened