The writer taught political science at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, and is chief editor of 'Studies in Indian Politics'.
November 11, 2019 04:39 IST
Even as it is possible to criticise the Court’s ruling, what social and political spaces exist to critique, dispute and contest the political narrative in which the Ayodhya agitation originated?
Mon, Nov 11, 2019October 26, 2019 01:00 IST
We may be looking at voter fatigue with the Modi model amid continued voter endorsement of Modi.
Sat, Oct 26, 2019October 18, 2019 00:45 IST
In Maharashtra, the party works on constructing all-India politics while also appropriating the regional space
Fri, Oct 18, 2019August 16, 2019 00:08 IST
On Independence Day, we heard the aspiring statesman, the man of ideas, the debater, the polemicist, the ruthless executive.
Fri, Aug 16, 2019August 13, 2019 00:05 IST
Sonia Gandhi’s return as party president is likely to impede the real task of party-building that the Congress has been postponing since the 1980s. Rajiv Gandhi reminded the party of this when it was celebrating its centenary. Sonia could not do it when she took over in the late Nineties.
Tue, Aug 13, 2019July 31, 2019 00:01 IST
The current processes of in-flow and out-flow underline the weakness of the way parties are organised. Parties do talk about membership drives, but they often obfuscate intra-party democracy and intra-party competition.
Wed, Jul 31, 2019July 10, 2019 00:05 IST
We are moving away from the constitutional logic behind enabling clauses such as Articles 15 and 16.
Wed, Jul 10, 2019June 26, 2019 01:46 IST
Over the past decade-and-a-half, the idea that claims made by the majority are a natural corollary of democracy has settled itself quite comfortably in India’s collective imagination of democracy
Wed, Jun 26, 2019May 22, 2019 00:30 IST
Why the Congress is necessary.
Wed, May 22, 2019May 21, 2019 01:30 IST
Modi probably believes that he doesn’t need the media because his power derives from the people. He forgets that without the prolonged love affair that the media had with him, his image could not have been built in the way it was between 2013 and 2018.
Tue, May 21, 2019April 11, 2019 00:05 IST
BJP shows it will weave nationalism, security with religious identity. So far, Opposition has no response.
Thu, Apr 11, 2019April 06, 2019 00:57 IST
A former chief election commissioner does not apportion blame, but focuses on pivotal poll issues
Sat, Apr 06, 2019March 12, 2019 00:05 IST
The last elections brought about the discourse of “New India”. It brought to the forefront a wound caused (to some political groups) by the imagery of India that originated in India’s national movement.
Tue, Mar 12, 2019March 01, 2019 02:00 IST
Moments like Pulwama hold up a mirror to the government, media and nation.
Fri, Mar 01, 2019February 13, 2019 00:08 IST
Policy is not based on assessments of deprivation — it merely addresses specific groups
Wed, Feb 13, 2019January 25, 2019 23:40 IST
Our political class has failed to uphold civil liberties. It counts on the people’s apathy on the question.
Sat, Jan 26, 2019December 15, 2018 00:22 IST
Assembly outcomes won’t bring transformations. But they may just bring BJP narrative down to earth.
Sat, Dec 15, 2018November 30, 2018 00:13 IST
Rahul Gandhi’s temple visits point to electoral rise of new Congress, and final departure of idea of Congress
Fri, Nov 30, 2018October 20, 2018 01:21 IST
There is no glasnost. The same consistently confusing politics manifests itself as the core project of RSS.
Sat, Oct 20, 2018September 17, 2018 00:59 IST
Such naming is meant to suppress dissent. It erases the distinction between disagreement and violence.
Mon, Sep 17, 2018August 01, 2018 00:15 IST
It is not a demand for social justice but proportional power-sharing that underlies the new quota agitations
Wed, Aug 01, 2018July 26, 2018 00:15 IST
Congress needs to frame a cogent stand on coalitions rather than looking at them merely as tactical necessity
Thu, Jul 26, 2018June 09, 2018 00:50 IST
At Nagpur, Pranab Mukherjee lost an opportunity. Mohan Bhagwat seized it
Sat, Jun 09, 2018May 16, 2018 01:00 IST
For BJP, reliance on PM could become a limitation. For Congress, electoral discourse must go beyond identities
Wed, May 16, 2018March 22, 2018 00:05 IST
Why the Harsh Mander-Ramachandra Guha debate must continue — and expand.
Sat, Mar 24, 2018