Political Communication Archives

Nation Craft, State Craft September 6, 2018

Why election surveys don’t (always) work?

In the aftermath of 9/11 terrorist attacks, the US Secretary of Defense was lampooned for saying something that momentarily sounded like non-sense: ‘There are known…

Nation Craft, State Craft August 23, 2018

Cybernetic Volunteer: Technology in on-ground political campaigning

If you look back ten years, the digital and technology landscape at the disposal of communicators and reputation managers was remarkably different. The Android operating…

Nation Craft, State Craft May 10, 2018

The art of political Speech Making

If you’re in the subcontinent, the odds are you have been exposed to a political speech by one political leader or another. The odds are…

Debates May 14, 2016

Who is important to win an election?

Who is more important to win an election? Is it the Political Communications Strategist or the Political Leader who hires the services of the best…

Opinions May 13, 2016

Musings of an unknown political communicator

As a communications professional who has had several opportunities to dabble into serious political and government communications since 2003, I have seen the evolution of…

Cover Stories May 12, 2016

Political Communication

All it took was one person to shift focus from Politicians to Political Communication Strategists. Some say he structured it and gave a definition to…

Interviews May 12, 2016

Guru Speak – Dilip Cherian

Dilip Cherian – the prolific political analyst and co-founder of Perfect Relations – is widely referred to as India’s ‘Image Guru’. In a candid interview…