The idea of a composite India was passed on to us as an inheritance by our iconic nationalists and freedom fighters. It is something we need to respect while we go through the exercise of rewriting history textbooks.
In any other scenario, the BJP's victory in Gujarat, Congress in Himachal Pradesh and Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi would have been read as voters sending mixed signals. But the discussion is bound to be centred on the saffron party's unprecedented win in Narendra Modi's home state.