Unlike in the novel by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid and later the film, the Indian Reluctant Fundamentalist is not going to turn into a fundamentalist. He was always a fundamentalist, but is now reluctant to accept that there is another fundamentalist who is more acceptable to his own party.

LK Advani, 85 is in a state of denial. Refusing to let go of the reins of the party he created, Advani is convinced that he knows best who should lead the party or rather who should not lead the party. And, of course, he is always a candidate for BJP’s top job, even though the people of the country have rejected him twice.