Suhas Palshikar
The writer taught political science at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, and is chief editor of 'Studies in Indian Politics'.
Tue, Jan 04, 2022
Suhas Palshikar writes: A renewed public discourse around questions of its meaning, repertoire, purpose and limits will have to be enriched.
Thu, Dec 23, 2021
Suhas Palshikar writes: The master-narrative unfolding through events like the inauguration of the Kashi-Vishwanath corridor popularises a new social contract for a Hindu state.
Tue, Nov 30, 2021
🔴 Suhas Palshikar writes: When a government with a comfortable majority does not reach out, Opposition must step in.
Thu, Oct 28, 2021
Suhas Palshikar writes: It needs to transform itself into a movement, aspire to transcend prejudices and bring out the sublime among the followers rather than allow them to remain passive participants unwilling to change themselves.
Fri, Oct 01, 2021
Suhas Palshikar writes: The message is chillingly pessimistic: They tell us that parties hope to win elections on contingent optics, tentative accommodations and last-minute shows of course correction rather than on the basis of policies, programmes or performance.
Sun, Sep 05, 2021
Suhas Palshikar writes: India’s self-hood and routine democratic politics are at stake. Opposition must recognise this.
Sat, Aug 14, 2021
Suhas Palshikar writes: We mistook dreams for fulfilment and wandered onto the highway of denial and erasure. To course-correct, India needs a re-imagined politics.
Fri, Jul 16, 2021
Suhas Palshikar writes: It's a task best left to a third backward classes commission. The question is, are we ready for it?
Thu, Jun 17, 2021
Suhas Palshikar writes: How can the states retrieve their autonomy? One can imagine four routes to a return to a semblance of federal politics — fiscal strength, governance, political strength and regional identity
Mon, May 03, 2021
In the absence of clarity on why they oppose the BJP, the non-BJP parties will be doing a great disservice to the democratic character of our politics even if they choose to come together to form a non-BJP front
Fri, Apr 30, 2021
From a long and inhuman lockdown to political blame game and one-upmanship, here are five instances of misgovernance during the last 15 months
Wed, Mar 17, 2021
How does one handle domestic criticism of the corrosion of democracy in India? How do we understand democracy?
Fri, Feb 05, 2021
It is increasingly clear that the government is bent on both maligning the agitation and, more generally, delegitimising the idea of protest and popular agency.
Tue, Jan 12, 2021
The US experience indicates that democracy requires continuous caution. But perhaps the least learned lesson at home in India is about the comparative pathology of such autarchy lurking in our midst.
Fri, Dec 11, 2020
Suhas Palshikar writes: In itself, a prime minister agreeing to negotiate is not a shortcoming, but after having built an aura of non-negotiability about his wisdom, a settlement would mean the first step in converting the all-powerful and all-knowing supreme leader into a more routine political player.
Thu, Nov 19, 2020
Bihar Assembly election results 2020: Held against the backdrop of the pandemic, the Bihar contest was also one of the closest in recent times. In this post-poll survey, Lokniti-CSDS unpacks the many aspects of NDA’s narrow victory over the Mahagathbandhan — caste & community, confidence in Modi, and women voting more for NDA.
Wed, Nov 11, 2020
The popularity of Modi seems to be a stable factor in the BJP’s electoral politics. So much so that he has transformed into a brand. Like a brand, he can be used in any state, any context and against any competition.
Fri, Oct 16, 2020
Suhas Palshikar writes: Dalit politics is caught between balancing concerns of political power and altering its social dynamics.
Wed, Sep 30, 2020
The isolation would allow the BJP to more openly march towards where it has been itching to move in the past year or so — an ideological position that openly defies the Constitution and a political practice that rejects all democratic norms.
Tue, Aug 04, 2020
If the BJP is guilty of dismantling the republic, all other parties are silent approvers. Like in the case of the most ardent opponent of majoritarianism, the epitaph for India’s slowly dying republic could also be “Hey Ram”.
Mon, Jul 20, 2020
Suhas Palshikar writes: It would be interesting to see whether the Congress seeks to move in the direction of a more federal handling of factionalism without necessarily allowing state-level factions to hijack the state units. But if what is happening in Rajasthan is mere drift, then it seems more than likely that leaders like Pilot, from many states, might consider forming their own state parties.
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
India seems to have lost that urge to consistently relate to injustice as an assault on democracy. Be it plight of migrants or minorities, their failure to strike wider chord tells truths about us.
Sat, May 23, 2020
In Opposition, non-BJP parties have been lazy in not responding politically at all. It took two full months for the UPA and some other non-BJP parties even to think of talking formally to each other.
Wed, Apr 22, 2020
Equally disturbingly, the lockdown has ensured that the class-chasm would become more real, more sharp and yet politically infructuous. The overwhelming support that the lockdown has received among India’s middle classes is noteworthy not just because of the gullibility of that class but also because of its complete lack of social connection to anything beyond itself.
Wed, Apr 01, 2020
We should brace ourselves not only for the deep impact the coronavirus crisis will have on routine lives and the economy; this crisis will also leave its imprint on the idea of the public and our politics.
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