About Waiting
The above photograph was taken by Neeraj Priyadarshi from the Indian Express. Readers of this blog familiar with Indian politics will recognize the faces of the BJP leadership. Others unfamiliar with those faces will nevertheless find in the clothes that the people are wearing, and also in their sombre expressions, the presence of defeat. There is no corpse visible. One can guess that the people are waiting for Pramod Mahajan’s body–and that would not be inaccurate–but is that all that fills this space with questions?
