I unfastened my seat belt and parachuted into Varanasi, the best drop-location to get a feel of which way the wind was blowing in Purvanchal, in the last phases of the Uttar Pradesh elections. We skirted the ancient city Kashi and darted straight towards Kaleen Bhaiya country, to Mirzapur. It must be one of the few towns in the world which shows up as the 10th option on a Google search—after Mirzapur cast, characters, season1, season2, season3, trailer, release date, controversy and free download.