The contest for the five assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur appears to be challenging for the BJP even though it had swept the district, neighbouring the prime minister’s Varanasi parliamentary constituency, last time riding the “Modi wave”. The five seats of Mirzapur – Chunar, Mariyan, Mirzapur Nagar, Majhawan and Chhanbey – will vote in … Read more
Elections in eastern Uttar Pradesh‘s constituencies along the Ganga, including Mirzapur and Ghazipur, are seeing mobilisation of voters on caste lines. The government schemes that have benefitted a large number of people in these constituencies are also a factor, more so among the smaller backward castes. Although caste remains a big factor like in the … Read more
“Jeet ki guarantee tabhi hai jab jeet aur haar, dono tumhare control mein ho,” says a character in Mirzapur 2, a new but important addition to the cast this season. The show is now available for viewing on Amazon Prime Video and seems to live up to the hype. It has been two years since … Read more
Dear Reader, “Jo aaya hai, woh jayega bhi. Bas marzi humari hogi,” Kaleen Bhaiyaa’s buttery voice opens the 2-minute-48-second trailer of Mirzapur 2. And suddenly one realises how perfectly this applies to the life of Rhea Chakraborty. Rhea was finally granted bail by the Bombay High Court on October 7, and she left the Byculla … Read more