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Fate whispers to the warrior, 'You can not withstand the storm.' The warrior whispers back, 'I am the storm.'

Bengal has fallen. Tamil Nadu has rotated. Kerala has alternated again. Three states, three different verdicts on May 4, 2026. Here's part 3 of the Invisible Machines series, which asks where the BJP's national voluntary machine reaches its limits, and why each state stopped it differently. Please share your feedback. tusharpanchal.co/where-the-nati…

The TMC machine that won 215 seats in 2021 is now 81. Mamata Banerjee has lost her own seat. The BJP government is going to be sworn in on Tagore's birthday tomorrow. Please read my thoughts on what just happened in Bengal, and the question the new government will be measured against. As always, your feedback is welcome. tusharpanchal.co/what-bengal-ju…

The shakha meets every evening. It has done so for a hundred years. No other political organisation in India, or in any democracy, has an infrastructure of this depth. Here's part 2 of a six-part series on the invisible machines of Indian democracy. As always, feedback is welcome. tusharpanchal.co/the-machine-th…

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The regional parties have unique political vocabularies. The BJP has a machine. On 4 May, we find out which one can live without the other. There are two ideas about how the language of power works. There is also a hidden campaign that few people are discussing. As always, I welcome your comments. Thank you. tusharpanchal.co/the-slogan-and…

Cinema is the most powerful tool for political communication ever created. It came before television, lasts beyond election cycles, and reaches further than any manifesto or news report. The CIA secretly funded Animal Farm. The Pentagon reviewed more than 800 Hollywood films. Top Gun brought crowds to Navy recruiting offices. This is Model One. Indian filmmakers hid messages like "Vande Mataram" and "Hindustan hamara hai" in films that British censors missed. This is Model Two. MGR wore party symbols in his films. Fan clubs turned into party workers. For 60 years, every Chief Minister in Tamil Nadu has had ties to cinema. This is Model Three. Dhurandhar earned Rs 2,350 crore without any commission. Here, ideology turned into a market, and the market shaped the cinema. This is Model Four. India is the only country to use all four models. Yet, it still has no clear plan to share its cinema with the world. Please read my thoughts on this and share your feedback. tusharpanchal.co/the-longest-ca…

Russia’s @RT_com broadcasts in 11 languages, reaching 950 million viewers with a $388 million budget. Putin launched @RT_India_news from a Noida studio. China’s @CGTNOfficial airs in 65 languages. Pakistan is also rapidly expanding its global media presence while claiming it wants to help resolve the Iran conflict. But India, the world’s fifth-largest economy with a diaspora of 32 million, stays quiet on the world stage. There is no major institution sharing India's story. No Indian government has filled this gap. Nehru didn’t. Indira didn’t. Vajpayee didn’t. The UPA didn’t. Now, PM Modi has a real chance to change this. Will he take it? Check out my latest blog and let me know what you think. tusharpanchal.co/a-rising-power…

The Strait of Hormuz closed on Feb 28. India's cooking gas supply was cut overnight. The government increased production 28% in five days. Impressive. It also said nothing publicly for eleven days. Then raised the price. Then blamed the opposition for the panic it created. A new post on my blog. Feedback is welcome. tusharpanchal.co/the-price-hike…

Replug on the day @ECISVEEP announced the elections in five states. #VSElections2026 tusharpanchal.co/the-untranslat…

They poured concrete. We poured over files. China: 45,000 km high-speed rail. India: Zero. The gap isn’t resources. It’s execution. Presenting part 2 of Learning from China without Losing Our Soul. Awaiting your feedback. Thank you. tusharpanchal.co/they-built-we-…

4/4 Part 1 of my 5-part series: Learning from China without Losing Our Soul. We can’t chart the future without understanding the gap. Please share your feedback. tusharpanchal.co/in-1990-we-wer…

A politician once asked me to create a deepfake of himself making a gaffe. Why? So he could dismiss any real footage as fake. This is Indian politics in 2025. I wrote about what it means for democracy everywhere. Feedback is always welcome. 🙏🏽 tusharpanchal.co/the-dead-are-c…

The CM called. Thanked him by name. Asked about his sister's college admission. Knew his community's concerns. But, the CM never called. He was at a rally 100s of kilometres away! Agentic AI is here. UP 2027 is the proving ground. New post ↓ Your feedback is welcome. 🙏🏽 tusharpanchal.co/the-cm-knew-yo…

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The real political leadership isn’t about responding to what people say they want. It’s about planting ideas in people’s minds and presenting yourself as the answer to questions they think they’re asking.

Vincit qui se vincit — “He conquers who conquers himself”