Headlines today that tell the tale!

Here is a sampling of headlines culled from today's papers (reflectiing my biases and prejudices, of course!)

BJP is back where it was a decade ago
Capital punishment for BJP that wanted capital punishment for Afzal
How Karat nuked his party
Unscrupulous tie-up with TRS did Chandrababu Naidu in
Fortune favours the brave -- Rahul has shown us that there is a new aspirational young India out there, looking for new answers and new methods. He reached out to those voters even as the Mayawatis and Amar Singhs were playing their own sleazy games. These result show that he was right. Victor comes to the brave, to the farsighted and to those are in the right place at the right time (Vir Sanghvi who admits he too got it wrong!)
A vote for decency and development
Silent majority has spoken
The boot for ‘mazboot’ Advani theory - the ‘party with a difference’ was neither found ‘mazboot’ nor capable of roviding a nirnayak (decisive) govt; Advani’s magic just didn’t work
BJP ran a negative campaign – whether it was calling the PM weak or trying to resurrect historic issues. It had nothing to offer people than talking about personalities. Little wonder it lost.
Modi, the man who would have been king, retains Gujarat but pan-India dream is shattered as country rejects ‘Modi model of development’
Modi campaigned in 20 constitutencies in Maharashtra, Sena-BJP won in only three!
Arun Shourie’s ‘Modi for PM’ was a blunder – BJP spokesman Chandan Mitra
Caste politics clearly on the wane
Goodbye to Mandal (caste) and ‘Modi model' (communalism)
Pawar neither king nor kingmaker
Neither Maratha nor Marathi! – Maharashtra turns its back on Pawar the Maratha and Sena which played the Marathi card

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