Brand Modi is not yet dead, voters have learnt to choose and reject

One thing that is clear about the Indian voter is that she has learnt to reject, and has very little to choose from. Most often, her vote is against someone than a positive vote for someone. Even in the just-concluded assembly elections, the electorate was dissatisfied with the BJP rather than enamoured with the Congress.

Even as we criticise the BJP, let us face that the problems are structural and every government across the board is facing them: A deep agrarian crisis, and pervasive joblessness in urban areas. No political party has a solution, or is even attempting to raise