In the May 13 issue, deputy editor Rahul Pandita authored the cover story from Bihar, highlighting the resounding endorsement that Modi enjoyed on the ground. Two issues later, and a week before the declaration of results, editor-in-chief S Prasannarajan argued why Modi is still the one. He wrote: “…his individual integrity gave the politics of hope a greater sense of authenticity. In the age of fake salvation theologies, the young and the poor found in him an original.” In the issue’s cover story, PR Ramesh wrote with much delight about the dawn of Hindu politics and Modi’s idea of India. He concluded with a lament: “It is still a while before the Hindu is given the respect that has been reserved thus far only for the Abrahamic faiths.”