Identity politics in Punjab stretched thin with too many actors in the fray

While BJP is going it alone, and Akali Dal and BSP have forged an alliance, there is no clarity yet whether Captain will float his own party or not

Of all the Assembly elections due next year, most attention is riveted on Uttar Pradesh. However, it is the Punjab Assembly election that promises to reveal political and psephological trajectories not seen before in Indian politics.

What is new about the forthcoming election in a state that shares a border with Pakistan, has seen a separatist movement, and has among the highest concentration of Dalit population, but never a Dalit chief minister (CM)?

The Punjab border with Pakistan is not considered a militarily ‘hot’ border, especially after it was fenced two decades ago. But India-Pakistan relations have been a live