The year 2014 was a consequential one for the Bharatiya Janata Party and for India. Will 2024 also be so? Is this election about stopping the rise of Narendra Modi and his alleged distortion of the ‘ idea of India’ as conceived by its founders, or the beginning of a dharma-inspired ‘ second republic?’

Siddhartha Talya began his career in journalism in 2008. He is a news anchor with an interest in politics, history and sports. If not reading, cycling or listening to an audiobook, he treasures the joys of café -hopping with his wife. He lives in Noida. Rahul Shivshankar has been a progressive– conservative TV and print journalist for nearly three decades. Currently a primetime anchor and consulting editor with TV18, Rahul has been the editor-in-chief of Times Now and NewsX. He was one of the youngest leader writers at the Times of India. He is married to an American multimedia journalist and communications specialist who introduced him to the joys of Yoga, the vitality of rural India and the pursuit of happiness. He is the father of two children and considers parenting the most important job he’ s ever likely to hold.