Q. How important is Kanakapura to you?
A. I got elected from there, my son was an MP from that area. But we are farmers and the farmers are in large numbers there, so it is important.

Q. What led to the patch up with Ramakrishna Hegde?
A. We have to fight issues unitedly. One does not harbour hatred always, it comes and goes.

Q. What are the issues that you are going to fight on?
A. Some people use money and muscle power, but we have to depend on the farmers.

Q. Will you be prime minister again?
A. It is all too early. I am not completely sure I am contesting from Kanakapura, although friends and well wishers are goading me into going for it. This is not the time to answer such questions.

Q. How lucky are the stars for you?
A. I don't know. I am unable to say anything.

Q. Is the merger of the Janata Dal factions going to last?
A. You have to be together to take on issues, to talk about farmers' issues. For me, the welfare of the farmers is uppermost. We were born as farmers and we are not sophisticated like some people. We are farmers and we don't know any other way to enjoy our lives. We have to be together to fight for our farmers.

-Stephen David

TREMORS The India-China Equation
	Commerce: Direct flights, Chinese takers for Indian it, Indian buyers for Chinese goods. Trader-trader bhai bhai.
	Terrorism: Mutual interest. Since the jehadis help Kashmiri and Uyghur militants. Chinese trust Pakistan less now.
	Border dispute: The perennial geography lesson that confuses everybody save the buff. Safely in the backburner.
	Defence: Still a problem, especially since the Chinese, in their inscrutable wisdom, are still arming Pakistan.