India, Feb. 20 -- Echoes of the ancient Mahabharat have begun to reverberate as the nation approaches the general elections. The recent statements by Home Minister Amit Shah, the BJP's chief poll strategist, have delineated contrasting narratives between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of development and the alleged corruption within INDIA, the Opposition alliance. Shah recently likened the current political scenario to the epic Mahabharat, where virtue clashes with vice and honesty with deceit. He positioned Modi as the modern-day Arjun, leading a crusade for progress and national unity, while contrasting the INDIA bloc as a conglomeration of seven dynastic parties (among others) embroiled in the quagmire of corruption. Central to ...