A shroud of gloom characterized the usually self-assured responses of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in the run-up to March 10, the day of counting for the assembly polls in five states. But, once the results were declared, the despondency had shifted back to the opposition parties. They were back to where they have been for most of the period since May 2014, save for a few occasions when opposition victories, more the exception than the rule, proffered hope amid a grim scenario.
This neat interchange of extreme sentiment is symptomatic of the binary-centric times we live. . .