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Ashutosh Varshney
The writer is Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences at Brown University, where he also directs the Center for Contemporary South Asia at the Watson Institute. He is a contributing editor for The Indian Express.
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The new and the old in the most recent India-Pakistan hostilitiesSubscriber Only
May 14,2025 06:50:58 AM
Much drew on the past, much represented a break from history
Wed, May 14, 2025
Ashutosh Varshney writes: Democracy has provided the rationale for tariffs. It will produce a reaction against itSubscriber Only
April 09,2025 06:59:06 AM
The implementation of Trump's electoral mandate will seriously undermine globalisation, now more than four decades old
Wed, Apr 09, 2025
In Trump-Modi Summit, benefits for the US are greaterSubscriber Only
February 17,2025 07:00:27 AM
Trump’s desire to demand subservience to power was expected. That Modi would succumb so easily came as a surprise
Mon, Feb 17, 2025
Ashutosh Varshney writes: With Donald Trump’s return, a very different America is upon usSubscriber Only
January 21,2025 11:54:34 AM
From tariff as a political tool to crackdown on illegal immigration to H1B visa, Trump’s disruptions may well turn out to be substantial
Thu, Jan 23, 2025
Ashutosh Varshney writes: The Hindutva-Ambedkar puzzleSubscriber Only
January 07,2025 07:05:07 AM
The BJP’s principal claim was that it had done more than any other major party to restore the justly great status of Ambedkar in the national public realm. But, to Ambedkar, Hindu unity was exactly the opposite of what his project sought
Tue, Jan 07, 2025
How Manmohan Singh created the middle class – and didn’t think welfare was government largesseSubscriber Only
December 28,2024 13:49:44 PM
Unwavering civility would perhaps be the best way to describe what I experienced. Even when in positions of high power, arrogance never touched him, and civility never failed.
Mon, Dec 30, 2024
Ashutosh Varshney writes: The US under Trump — Less racially inclusive, more immigration-unfriendlySubscriber Only
November 08,2024 04:20:42 AM
Given America’s worldwide presence and power, weaker than before but still substantial, the international system may also be shaken to the core. Political moments such as these have conventionally been called perilous.
Fri, Nov 08, 2024
Trump vs Harris: Why America’s two-party election has too many factors at playSubscriber Only
October 24,2024 06:52:41 AM
Is America ready for a Black woman president, or would White supremacy make a comeback via Trump? Will America continue to be engaged in the world, or will it descend into a world of Trumpian tariffs, immigration cuts and isolationism?
Thu, Oct 24, 2024
In Haryana and J&K, BJP’s performance was not as spectacular as it being made out to beSubscriber Only
October 10,2024 04:20:46 AM
Any larger claims about ideological victory or defeat are also irrelevant, though that is how politicians would spin it. The gap between the two votes is so minuscule that the best argument accounting for the outcome is about the ground game, candidate selection and the logic of alliances
Thu, Oct 10, 2024
In Trump-Vance narrative, cats, dogs and revival of nativist American nationhoodSubscriber Only
October 03,2024 04:00:45 AM
According to Trump, ‘Making America Great Again’ (MAGA) desperately requires mass deportation of unworthy and unwanted aliens, who weaken the nation. This discourse invokes a long tradition in American history, which thrives on claiming that some immigrant groups are unfit to be Americans
Thu, Oct 03, 2024
In Bangladesh turmoil, a lesson for the Global SouthSubscriber Only
September 03,2024 07:50:09 AM
Economic growth without sufficient job creation, and authoritarian repression of dissent, is insufficient for political legitimacy
Tue, Sep 03, 2024
Ashutosh Varshney writes: James C Scott, scholar of resistanceSubscriber Only
July 26,2024 07:35:20 AM
He grew up in a generation that was fascinated with peasant rebellions, not simply on the left but also on the right
Sun, Jul 28, 2024
Assassination attempt on Donald Trump: Will it lead to gun-control debate among Americans, particularly Republicans?Subscriber Only
July 15,2024 16:56:23 PM
The great irony of the attempted assassination is that a registered Republican sought to kill the leading presidential candidate of the party that is more favourable to gun ownership in a town that perhaps has an abundance of guns, which Republicans deem desirable for public safety
Sun, Jul 21, 2024
Verdict 2024: Mandate will be assessed by democratic spaces it opens up in between pollsSubscriber Only
June 17,2024 08:00:41 AM
With a loss of 63 seats in 2024, compared to 2019, and a shortfall of 130 seats, compared to the 2024 target, the BJP may have to scale its majoritarian project down
Tue, Jun 18, 2024
In the results of 2024 elections, rebirth of the ‘idea of India’Subscriber Only
June 06,2024 07:20:15 AM
This is not a Nehruvian imposition, as understood by Hindu nationalists. Instead, it captures affirmative action uncertainties, the rise of animosities and polarisation in society, people’s concern about rights and the steeply rising inequalities
Thu, Jun 06, 2024
Amidst voters in Uttar Pradesh, murmurs of a desire for changeSubscriber Only
May 15,2024 07:10:14 AM
Few are speaking of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Does this mean the BJP's vote share will decline?
Wed, May 15, 2024
Ashutosh Varshney writes on Kejriwal’s arrest: How much time does Indian democracy have?Subscriber Only
March 27,2024 19:04:47 PM
Our problem is not with participation – electoral turnouts are high. It is on contestation of rulers that fault lines are now visible and deepening
Thu, Mar 28, 2024
Ashutosh Varshney writes: Why and how One Nation, One Election is divisiveSubscriber Only
March 16,2024 17:12:38 PM
Except for the regional parties allied with the BJP, most disagree with the idea. If the BJP passed a “one nation, one election” law in the next Parliament, it would push regional parties into a corner. A fundamental rearrangement of the polity should be based on a larger consensus, not on a brute majority.
Mon, Mar 18, 2024
Ayodhya marks an inauguration, not closureSubscriber Only
January 26,2024 14:24:36 PM
Prime Minister Modi used new vectors of language to articulate Hindu supremacy. But to see temple consecration as a decisive victory of Hindu theocracy, or as the establishment of a Hindu nation, would be an overstatement
Sat, Jan 27, 2024
Ashutosh Varshney writes: Why BJP’s Hindutva — and Modi magic — hit a wall in South IndiaSubscriber Only
December 05,2023 16:01:40 PM
There are enough historical fragments available to keep Hindu nationalists ideologically interested in Telangana (as well as Karnataka). But there is no such historical charge in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra
Wed, Dec 06, 2023
Ashutosh Varshney writes: In China, the challenge of democracy without electionsSubscriber Only
September 18,2023 19:41:39 PM
The Communist Party does not accept any challenges to its monopoly over power. A way out is to intellectually formulate a non-electoral conception of democracy and propagate it to the world. But that comes with its own challenges
Tue, Sep 19, 2023
Ashutosh Varshney writes on PM Modi’s US visit: Why Indian democracy’s liberal deficits are not a dealbreaker for the USSubscriber Only
June 25,2023 14:59:19 PM
Escalation in US-China tensions and resurfacing of India-China border clashes after decades, have resulted in New Delhi becoming a close strategic partner for Washington, even without a formal alliance
Tue, Jun 27, 2023
Ashutosh Varshney writes: What the outcome in Karnataka will achieve — and what it will notSubscriber Only
May 18,2023 07:20:25 AM
We don’t have evidence that Hindu nationalism has lost its salience. But we do have a blueprint for how such salience can be electorally countered
Thu, May 18, 2023
Ashutosh Varshney and Bhanu Joshi write: Ram Navami violence — it wasn’t always soSubscriber Only
April 07,2023 19:11:26 PM
Ashutosh Varshney and Bhanu Joshi write: Ram was not always a symbol of majoritarian power and domination. The metamorphosis began in the late 1980s
Sat, Apr 08, 2023
Ashutosh Varshney writes: In 2024, an all-powerful BJP may face a radically diminished OppositionSubscriber Only
April 01,2023 07:06:40 AM
The larger debate about Indian democracy is linked to two underlying questions. Why is the distinction between electoral and liberal democracy maintained? And why is the distinction now beginning to disappear?
Sat, Apr 01, 2023Journalism of Courage
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