Dehradun, May 16 -- The Congress party has finally decided on who is to be the Chief Minister of Kerala. With this, the final chapter of the recent round of assembly elections has been closed, though some drama can still be expected before the swearing-in of VD Satheesan to the post. It has been a stormy couple of months. Newspaper columnists, TV news channels and, above all, the unrestrained social media discussed threadbare the issues involved in the entire range - from the farcical to the authentic, even prophetic.
Considering the critical issues and high stakes involved in each of the states involved, it was only natural for the people of the nation to be drawn into the entire narrative. This included the people of the north, who were ...