Modi must know that as prime minister, he will have to do more than replicate what he did in Gujarat.

Factions will quickly develop against the new chief minister, probably bringing party back to bad old days of late 90s

Modi in 180-seat scenario will have to reinvent himself entirely since he has only ever worked with 2/3rd majority.

What Togadia said and did is merely reaping the hatred that Modi himself has helped sow.

In picking a seat, between Baroda and Varanasi, Modi will have to consider more than just the election at hand.

There is an emotional charge that flows along with the Hindutva worldview which sees enemies on every border.

For Modi, 272 seats are no longer satisfying, he seeks dominance. Its the difference between him and Congress.

In every single election Modi has contested, he brought up in some or other manner, this instinctive dislike of his.

Cost to prop up government will be to surrender large parts of it to Tamilians, either to Jayalalitha or Karunanidhi.

I do not understand what collective conscience is and how it is to be measured for extreme or moderate revulsion.