I think I love covering campaign trails in South India. Apart from the very small factor of not understanding what the hell anyone is saying to anyone. It doesn't matter, I think. After all, the spoken word is just one part of the communication.

I love the energy of it all. Till now, I've covered one campaign in Kerala's Kasargod, where the candidate went into a wedding party to spread the word. It was brilliant on the candidate's part.

Hundreds of people as a captured audience, all in a good mood inside a shaadi hall. The wedding party also felt pretty important with a big politician dropping in at their show. And, maybe they thought that it was pretty cool that the politician also had the NDTV news crew covering their wedding (at least I hope so!).

The next cool campaign was in Mysore where Congressman H Vishwanath went around pumping hands in the local market (very American style) and then landed in a Mysore sari shop. The women weren't happy there at all. I mean, who would want some silly politician interrupting quality shopping time but our cameras loved the perfect location.

But the best, the very best of campaigns was saved till the weekend. On our way to Tamil Nadu, we stopped at Mandya in Karnataka. It's the seat of rebel star (don't ask me, that's what he's called) MH Ambareesh. He was the Union Minister of State in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry before resigning over the Cauvery issue.

During my interview with him, I asked him why he was called the rebel star and everyone around me started shouting- Mandya de Gandu. The actor smiled and repeated it. It sounded like a North Indian cuss but it turned out to mean- The King of Mandya! Apparently, he is. But, even a King can falter which is why the film star lost during the assembly elections last year. To find out why it was the coolest campaign, tune in to Monday's edition of the Election Express. His campaign workers were members of his fan club. And you have to watch them sing and dance. I wonder why they don't screen Kannada, Tamil, Telegu films in Delhi. The North-South divide is a bit old now!