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Kings, Courtiers, Jesters, Rakes

"If even 100 of the 543 MPs were women, they would have a civilising effect on productivity in Parliament."
Chief Election Commissioner M.S. Gill

"They did surprise us."
Chief of Army Staff Gen V.P. Malik, admitting that Pakistani intruders caught Indians unawares

The ‘moderate’ will inherit the earth: Vajpayee does, both party and country.

Ayodhya demolition architect Kalyan Singh dismantles his own career by taking on the BJP high command. He’s expelled from the party in December

Master ‘gaffesman’, defence minister George Fernandes promises a Kargil victory in three days

Priyanka dazzles in Amethi, the only star in the Congress twilight

Disenfranchised, Thackeray continues to roar but rouses neither fear nor raises any votes.

Sacked on Dec 31, ‘98, the combative naval chief Adml Vishnu Bhagwat drowns the navy in frothing acrimony.

Voters desert him, scams cling to him, but Laloo Yadav still plays flamboyant host at daughter Misa’s wedding; Jayalalitha’s tete-a-tea with Sonia fells the BJP government in April. But the BJP kayoes them in the elections;

Brig Surinder Singh blows the whistle. The army top brass ignore it. We win. But could Kargil have been avoided?

Sharad Pawar and P. Sangma lead the pre-election revolt against Sonia Gandhi in May to form the NCP. Then nothing.

His critics are wrong. CEO-CM Chandrababu Naidu mixes laptop rhetoric with pure populism to romp home.

A sure bet, Manmohan Singh’s poll defeat is a surprise. Voters aren’t impressed with the chatterati campaign.

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