• One Rupee: The Price of the Narrative

       On 31st August, in Kerala, people celebrated Onam and in Delhi, people celebrated Prashant Bhushan’s victory- in both places, the scourge of the ‘co-opt and conquer’ strategy runs rife.    One of the dominant myths of the Onam festival is that it is the return of the king Mahabali. The Hindu narration of this tale suggests