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Suhas Palshikar
The writer taught political science at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, and is chief editor of 'Studies in Indian Politics'.
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Bihar shows old Opposition getting eased out, new Opposition not in sightSubscriber Only
November 21,2025 07:20:01 AM
With elections to West Bengal and Tamil Nadu scheduled in the next six months, the Bihar outcome may be a signal of a wider and more complete domination by the party
Fri, Nov 21, 2025
Prashant Kishor’s holier-than-thou politics has a challenge — and an opportunitySubscriber Only
November 08,2025 07:07:42 AM
The real question that these elections will answer is not if PK will be a main player in the state but whether, post-Bihar, he can strive to be a significant player outside Bihar
Sat, Nov 08, 2025
Suhas Palshikar writes: This I-Day, let’s enliven the idea of a critical citizenSubscriber Only
August 15,2025 06:47:39 AM
If we are a free society, should the exercise of freedom be an act of bravado demanding that the citizen pays a heavy price for it?
Fri, Aug 15, 2025
Suhas Palshikar writes: Left Wing Extremism is a smokescreen. Maharashtra’s new law could criminalise dissentSubscriber Only
July 25,2025 07:45:58 AM
While the law mentions LWE, these political acts are the common language of democratic mobilisation and as such practically any social worker can be booked for extending a verbal criticism of authorities.
Fri, Jul 25, 2025
What MNS-Shiv Sena protests don’t see: The Hindi in HindutvaSubscriber Only
July 08,2025 07:23:25 AM
The language question is central to the politics of Hindutva. In Maharashtra and elsewhere, protests rooted in regional pride may miss the bigger picture
Tue, Jul 08, 2025
Suhas Palshikar writes on 50 years since Emergency: When we remember 1975Subscriber Only
June 25,2025 06:00:38 AM
Commemorating the dark period should go beyond criticism of past to introspection about present
Wed, Jun 25, 2025
After mounting a united front against terror, government and Opposition can get back on talking termsSubscriber Only
June 19,2025 07:08:13 AM
It will not be a bad idea to build on the spirit of cooperation that the ruling party has adopted in the current instance and the virtue of cooperation that many Opposition MPs have discovered.
Thu, Jun 19, 2025
Suhas Palshikar writes: Who stole my nationalism?Subscriber Only
May 31,2025 06:58:43 AM
A spirited defence of Indian nationalism must also confront how it was undermined from the start. Belonging without othering was always under siege — today's phoney nationalism has only finished the job
Sat, May 31, 2025
Suhas Palshikar writes on Pahalgam and free speech: How liberal is this democracy?Subscriber Only
May 22,2025 06:50:32 AM
That is the question when someone is arrested for what he says, or when we demand that someone be arrested for what he said
Thu, May 22, 2025
Mani Shankar Aiyar’s A Maverick in Politics is a memoir of a loner who belonged to no political factionSubscriber Only
May 17,2025 06:22:18 AM
Given the public outbursts by Aiyar that apparently caused him his position within the Congress party, this autobiography also details the decline of the party he belongs to
Sat, May 17, 2025
Suhas Palshikar writes: In the aftermath of Pahalgam, India must look at itself againSubscriber Only
May 15,2025 06:50:24 AM
When one has a convenient neighbour like Pakistan, war becomes the easy remedy for all your problems with the neighbour and with yourself
Thu, May 15, 2025
Suhas Palshikar writes: Con-sensus on caste censusSubscriber Only
May 10,2025 07:10:56 AM
Government's announcement effectively postpones all serious discussion on the need to take the caste factor into consideration in policy making
Sat, May 10, 2025
3 reasons why Congress can’t rediscover itselfSubscriber Only
April 18,2025 06:58:21 AM
Even after 10 years of being out of power, Congress has neither attempted to build an organisation nor evolved a cogent ideological position
Fri, Apr 18, 2025
Delimitation isn’t about BJP dominance – it is an opportunitySubscriber Only
March 07,2025 07:20:44 AM
The proposal to expand the size of Lok Sabha and to ensure that no state loses its current strength should be seen not only as a politically prudent step, but as a step to enrich the idea of democracy in the Indian context
Fri, Mar 07, 2025
Suhas Palshikar writes: Opposition needs to carve out space for itself amid BJP’s near-dominanceSubscriber Only
February 19,2025 06:59:09 AM
It needs to ask whether it wants to fight on the BJP’s turf and for the BJP’s own strongholds or wishes to gain from a different register of social support
Wed, Feb 19, 2025
The methodology behind Lokniti-CSDS study of Delhi pollsSubscriber Only
February 09,2025 15:58:09 PM
A representative section of 3,137 voters was interviewed across 28 constituencies and 140 polling stations.
Mon, Feb 10, 2025
Why Kejriwal lost: Pollution, lack of clean drinking water behind voter anger; two-thirds saw AAP as corruptSubscriber Only
February 09,2025 14:56:17 PM
According to Lokniti-CSDS Delhi Assembly election survey, more than half of the voters had made up their mind before the election campaign began, BJP built a strong coalition of upper castes and OBCs
Mon, Feb 10, 2025
Suhas Palshikar writes: We live in the midst of two state systemsSubscriber Only
January 23,2025 06:59:52 AM
The new one is long born and roams aggressively, the old one is not declared dead -- yet
Thu, Jan 23, 2025
Is the BJP truly a dominant party?Subscriber Only
January 03,2025 07:05:19 AM
Limits of the party’s electoral successes, the narrowness of its voter umbrella, resorting to high-handed tactics and suspicion of dissent point to a deficit.
Fri, Jan 03, 2025
How political drama let Constitution debate downSubscriber Only
December 19,2024 06:58:27 AM
The small difference is that while Congress argued that the Constitution was being violated today, for the ruling party, the violations of yesterday matter the most. Isn’t this both funny and tragic?
Sun, Dec 22, 2024
Maharashtra is set to be a BJP party-societySubscriber Only
November 29,2024 04:20:33 AM
Victory of BJP, rout of its opponents, ensures that the deeper shift that slowed down after 2014 will pick up speed
Fri, Nov 29, 2024
Maharashtra, Jharkhand election results: How BJP regained the upper handSubscriber Only
November 23,2024 16:58:01 PM
Assembly election results in Maharashtra, and even in Jharkhand – where it lost but has likely retained its 2019 vote share — show how the BJP keeps building its electoral and ideological dominance.
Mon, Nov 25, 2024
SC verdict is welcome — but the ideological, political bulldozer remainsSubscriber Only
November 18,2024 04:20:31 AM
Democracy is a delicate balance among foundational norms, procedural restraints and popular wishes. Such an idea of democracy is a hindrance to megalomaniac projects of reshaping norms, undermining procedures and hijacking popular sentiments
Mon, Nov 18, 2024
Suhas Palshikar writes: In Maharashtra, a big fight for nothingSubscriber Only
October 29,2024 04:10:09 AM
Maharashtra is set to witness a no-holds-barred campaign, in which neither the Mahayuti nor the Maha Vikas Aghadi addresses issues of a state in decline
Tue, Oct 29, 2024
Suhas Palshikar writes: RSS, a century laterSubscriber Only
October 23,2024 03:12:16 AM
With Hindutva the only game in town, it can now declare its version of Hinduism as the official one
Wed, Oct 23, 2024Journalism of Courage
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