While other BJP leaders were militant about the Ayodhya movement, Atal Bihari Vajpayee both scorned, and used, it.
Polls now are seeing terrible language used for political rivals, and even their families, by all sides. There was, however, a gentler time in politics when politicians behaved like gentlemen
It seems the party somewhere realises that all is not as hunky dory in Uttar Pradesh as it was in 2014.
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Vajpayee was determined to leave a legacy behind.
India Today cover story explores the stories behind the former PM's key initiatives, written by those who have known him intimately.
The PM is wrong in saying Vajpayee never buckled under pressure.
Comparisons are made of the oratorical skills of both. But Vajpayee valued truth, dissent, inclusion. Modi is the opposite, not the inheritor, of such talents.
The West Bengal CM, in her own way, is grieving the passing away of a guardian figure who gave her a long rope and even put up with her tantrums.
The spirit behind Vajpayee's Pakistan overture dominates our appreciation of Vajpayee, much more than the many successes of his government.
Vajpayee was the first PM of India who dared to rein in government spending.
