Analysis: Mayawati and the Curious Case of `Lost Hunger for Power`

"Tu hai ki nahi?" A popular song from a Bollywood movie flickers in my mind whenever I think of Mayawati—a stalwart Dalit leader who gave hope to millions of downtrodden people in India, but now seems disinterested and disenchanted with electoral politics, for no visible reason. This election, for instance, she ended her...