A heartening election result is followed by a disappointing CM pick

Is the Congress an ideological opponent, or just another rival?

Well, that was a heck of an election. It began as a regular nail-biter, but after a day of see-sawing results through excruciatingly slow counting, if you didn't find yourself still in your pyjamas at 5pm, frozen in front of a screen with round, desiccated eyes, and hair standing on end, you're a better-adjusted citizen than I.

For those Indians who abhor the Hindu supremacist agenda and control freak tics of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), watching the huge swathes of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh slip out of their grasp has been the most heartening