The elections in Bihar remind us no matter what the liberal elite and media intellectuals may think India/Bharat wants, the electorate has something else in mind. Different people want different things depending on their situations as well as their socio-economic status. Perhaps that is why the Bhagavad Gita has two endings: one for Arjuna, the royal prince, and one for Sanjaya, Dhritarashtra’s charioteer who transmits the Gita of Krishna, having overheard it using his telepathic powers, to his blind master. I speak of the two endings in the final chapter of my latest book My Gita (Rupa Publications).

Krishna ends the Gita saying, “Arjuna, thus have I passed on the most secrets of secrets. Reflect on it and do as you wish. If you trust me completely, and forsake all other paths, know that I will liberate you. Do not share this knowledge with the cynical, disdainful or disinterested. Those who share my words, I adore. Those who hear my words, even without understanding, are blessed with joy. I hope you have focused on what I said. I hope this knowledge has shattered all delusion.”