What do you see here? A stack of papers. Nothing particularly exciting about that. We have all seen stacks of paper. Government offices are full of them. So are lawyers' chambers, railway booking counters and the desks of men who have promised to read something but never quite got around to it. But this particular stack is different. It is a 638-page document. And if you ask me what it is, I would call it something far more useful than a report. It is the Kundli of a constitu

I recently wrote a LinkedIn post on my initial observations from Prashant Kishor's maiden electoral victory as a politician. One of my college professors told me not to be so loose and instead come up with a deep dive on what led to the victory of Prashant Kishor in the Bankipur By-Election 2026. He told me think more as a political consultant and not as a psephologist. Victory image of Prashant Kishor after becoming the newly-elected MLA of Bankipur. So, to comprehend the ma

India's political landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. As voters increasingly consolidate around the BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led INDIA alliance, the space for independent regional parties is rapidly shrinking. From Odisha and Telangana to Delhi and West Bengal, once-dominant regional forces are facing electoral decline, factional splits, or absorption into national coalitions. The result is a more polarized, centralized political order.