I n a sharp take on one of my reports on the day the Bihar election result was out, one of ThePrint’s subscribers, @sankalp6872 , posted: “At some point, the BJP will have its own CM, but this opportunistic political punditry needs to be called out. How come none of these ‘seasoned’ veterans were able to spot a ‘tsunami’ so large….Reading the pulse of the people is NOT difficult. However, it cannot be done under the influence of Yogendra Yadav’s homegrown leaves.”

I must admit I didn’t really enjoy reading it. And why blame Yogendra Yadav for the failures of us journos? Sankalp did make a fair point (regardless of my bias in favour of ThePrint subscribers). Many of us did see the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) having an ‘edge’ in this election, but never saw the ‘tsunami’ c

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