The author is assistant professor of political science, Ashoka University.
December 23,2016 00:05:53 AM
Few Uttar Pradesh MLAs get to serve more than one term. This has consequences.
November 28,2016 00:05:36 AM
UP assembly shows politics has become more diverse in terms of caste, more homogeneous in class.
October 26,2016 00:02:29 AM
In the long run, the rift within SP may make space for a clearer leadership and direction in the party.
September 30,2016 00:00:48 AM
The emergence of Akhilesh Yadav as a popular leader is an indicator of the same-old in the SP, not a break from the past.
September 10,2016 00:00:27 AM
In UP polls, BSP could play politics of Dalit-Muslim convergence. And it could ally with Congress
June 25,2016 00:02:59 AM
Old arithmetic is insufficient to explain UP politics. A new election demands newer ways of seeing
July 24,2015 00:00:09 AM
Decline in number of OBC MPs shows that the classic tropes of backward class politics — quotas and simple descriptive representation — no longer work.
