The mundane business of politics does not involve rallies. The mundane, everyday humdrum of a politician’s life is slugging it out at his (or her) dera. The public comes in, you humour them, assure them of solving their problems, face their complaints, some of them caustic. One small group at a time. There are bigger meetings, yes. But they ...
The court played it safe. Convict the prime minister but restrict his sentence till the rising of the court. The convicted PM will still be etched a notch higher in the jiyala narrative but this ...