A look back over the last six days.

A train journey through India to take the political temperature


Scroll.in reporter Supriya Sharma is on a 2,500-km rail journey from Guwahati to Jammu to hear what Indians have to say about the elections. You can read all her dispatches here.

Why Delhi tells us more about India's future than UP


The last four elections have seen six of seven constituencies in Delhi going to the ruling party. But the results in the national capital could tell us a lot more about what is in store for Indian politics than the battle in Varanasi. Read the article here.

Rare images of independent India’s first general election in 1952


As voters cast their ballots in the second phase of India's nine-part election, here is a look back at how the world's largest democracy went to vote for the very first time.

Responding to Kejriwal charge, Gujarat petrochemicals minister admits he is related to Ambanis


Saurabh Patel's admission is another example of how potential conflicts of interest between ministers and their family businesses are going largely unscrutinised by media and government.

Simmering tensions between Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh dent Modi's mission in UP


As Modi's right-hand man takes control of the BJP machinery in Uttar Pradesh, president Rajnath Singh finds the support structure he has built over the decades being weakened. Read the article here.