I received a call after I finished the show yesterday. It was from someone who lives in Vijayawada.

It was a nice show, he said, but the people you spoke to said that they will vote for L Rajagopal but he will not win.

I instantly felt uncomfortable. That edition of the Election Express had carried a story about how the Kondapally toy makers were helped by their MP Rajagopal. He had got insurance for the workers, made a centre for them, got NIFT designers to teach them new styles and helped them switch to eco-friendly vegetable colours so that their wares became exportable. They weren't speaking Hindi too well but they made it very clear that they were going to vote for him because he had done his job.

I found that unique by itself and even though we are anti-establishment, even though it's always suspicious to rave about a neta, I wasn't going to be critical just for the sake of being so.

But, the things is, we were only spending a few hours at each place. Were we being fair? Were we conveying the right picture? We do the best we can- research on our handhelds, speak to several local journalists days before we arrive and then, most reliable of all, speak to the local people.

So along the way, it's inevitable that one party feels we've been a bit biased towards another. For instance, in my favourite Jhansi moment, this 11-year-old boy tells me in perfect English why he loves Mayawati. If that brands me as pro-Behenji, I have no problems with that.