Once college mates, now political opponents, Shashi Tharoor and Chandan Mitra speak of the time when Tharoor fought the students union election with Mitra as his campaign manager, how Tharoor turned from Indira basher to a Congressman and Mitra from an Indira fan to Congress basher. They also take questions from students on secularism, caste politics, doublespeak on corruption, Hindutva and the two Prime Ministerial aspirants. On Political Roots, Shashi Tharoor and Chandan Mitra face young voters at their alma mater, St. Stephen's College, New Delhi.
