As coordinators for these quick surveys, we were told C-Voter was required to contact at least a 100 respondents keeping income and cultural backgrounds in view. Later, we unofficially learnt the sample base was one-tenth the target, and much of the projections were often 'manufactured'.
Cut to the current exit poll blowout. The sight of 'Axis My India' pollster Pradeep Gupta weeping copiously on camera on the 'India Today' channel after his 361-401 seats prediction for the NDA went awry, will not be easily forgotten.
Shaky history For years it is known most pollsters have been skating on thin ice. This year the issue has taken a more serious turn for two reasons. First, the charge by the Opposition parties that the poll projections were 'scripted' and not based on ground reports. Second, and more serious is many, including Congress' Rahul Gandhi, have alleged pollsters of being in league with stock market punters to talk up the market before counting day, and then triggering a crash that wiped ₹30 lakh crore off the capital markets.
Exit polls have got it wrong in the past, but this time the margin of error is a scandal.
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CLINGS TO FACTS BUT SACRIFICES THE DRAMA
You can hear a clock ticking in almost every scene of Freedom at Midnight. The historical drama chronicles the events that led to India's independence, dampened by the horrific reality of the Partition.
A stirring ode to the power of shared dreams
WHAT makes a nation? Kings? Heroes? Laws? Ridley Scott presents a stirring tale of unabashed romanticism to tell us that a nation is perhaps a shared dream. Gladiator II begins with Numidian soldiers, men and women, taking up arms to defend their motherland against the invading Roman army.
A thousand-year-old spectacle with only a few seconds of soul
HERE'S great joy in watching new worlds come alive on screen—living conditions, attire, language, pastimes, poetry, expression of love... Clearly, countless hours and endless effort must have gone into conjuring up such a world from over a thousand years ago.
On the fight to stop pneumonia
VERY year, the world observes November 12 as Pneumonia Day. This year, the theme was 'Championing the Fight to Stop Pneumonia'.
MANAGING DIABETES IN CHILDREN
November 14—for some, it's just a date on the calendar. But for many families, World Diabetes Day is a reminder of their everyday reality filled with careful planning, constant awareness, and countless choices just to keep their children healthy and safe from the disease.
ROOTS OF INCLUSION
ON Children's Day, we celebrate the laughter, dreams, and limitless potential of every child.
Making moves in Madras
THE chessboard is set.
COMICALLY CURIOUS
From folklore to mythology, supernatural to realism, comics have witnessed waves of transitions, creating a visual world for children of all times
India faced 255 days of extreme weather crisis
India experienced extreme weather events on 93% of days from January to September this year.
HINDU KUSH HIMALAYAS WARMING FASTER THAN GLOBAL AVERAGE
The glaciers of the HKH, particularly in the Eastern Himalayas, are experiencing alarming rates of melting.
