18 Back to Playing Big Brother? With a candidate yet to be crowned PM of Nepal, the Indian External Affairs Minister’s visit to the neighbouring country is of some political significance 26 The BJP’s Road To 2019 First, the tightrope walk in Gujarat, then, unexpected tremors from the Rajasthan by-polls, Now may be a good time to see how the BJP is placed for ‘mission 2019’. A stocktaking. 48 No Grass At the Roots