Hunooz Dilli Dur Ast
By Shivam Vij
(This article by me first appeared in HuffPost India on 30 April 2016.)
Pity the politician who starts blaming the media. Shooting the messenger is the surest sign of the politician’s frustration and failure. Continue reading “Make No Mistake, Odd Even 2.0 Was A Failure”
(This article by me first appeared in HuffPost India on 18 April 2016.)
Did the Aam Aam Party yesterday fall into the trap of giving the Congress what it wants: moving the political discourse from everything else to the persona of Congress leader Amarinder Singh?
Continue reading “In Punjab Face-Off, AAP Seems To Have Fallen Into A Congress Trap”
By Shivam Vij
(This article first appeared in HuffPost India on 11 April 2016.)
It’s a sketch of a blue turban, a yellow inner turban prominently revealing itself through it. The background is white; there is no face. It’s the logo of ‘Punjab da Captain’, Prashant Kishor’s campaign to project Congress leaders Amarinder Singh for the chief minister’s chair. The idea may seem obvious, but there’s more to those three words and the sketch than meets the eye.
Continue reading “Amarinder Is ‘Punjab Da Captain’ To Remind Voters Where Kejriwal Comes From”
Shivam Vij 