The figure of Chanakya looms large in traditional accounts of ancient India; a Brahmin sage-statesman, described as the Indian Machiavelli

The role of ‘Chanakya Niti’ in guiding modern statecraft, and in shaping the strategic moves of players on the vast chessboard of Indian politics, remains a potent metaphor for the pursuit of political victory in contemporary India. While Home Minister Amit Shah is often characterised as a modern-day Chanakya, another example has emerged from Bihar. Tejashwi Yadav, who suffered a major electoral defeat, had a chief strategist of his own: Sanjay Yadav, who too had been labelled a ‘Chanakya’. PREMIUM

The figure of Chanakya (commonly also known as Kautilya and Vishnugupta,) looms large in traditional accounts of ancient India; a Brahmin sage-statesma

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