The campaign begins

So the campaign for 2014 has begun. While political pundits and aged, sulking leaders in Delhi mulled over irrelevant details like when the BJP should announce its candidate for prime minister, the sound of bugles heralding battle could be heard from Rajasthan last week. On a day of white, searing heat, Narendra Modi arrived in Jaipur to address the largest political rally I have seen in longer than I can remember. The next day the Congress's uncrowned prince addressed a more lacklustre gathering in Udaipur.

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