India, Nov. 22 -- In the first half of next year, elections will be held in Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Will the demoralisation that will inevitably have set in put the Congress on the back foot?

After the National Democratic Alliance's unbelievable victory in Bihar and the Mahagathbandhan's shattering defeat, there are two questions that stare us in the face - why do the BJP and Narendra Modi keep winning? Why do the Congress and Rahul Gandhi keep losing? These are not easy questions to answer, but, equally, they are important questions to ask. So, let me offer a series of issues that seek to explore these questions.

Let me start with the question many people have been asking - why do the BJP and Modi keep winning? After...