November 25, 2019
Maharashtra 'Pawar' play: Game of Thrones in the age of BJP 2.0
Analyzing the ongoing political drama in Maharashtra reveals important aspects of politics in the era of a no-holds-barred BJP.
April 19, 2019
Unfulfilled Political Promises Weaken the Spirit of Democracy
A reason why politicians get away with unfulfilled promises is that there are no checks and balances made before or during their tenure in office.
March 14, 2019
The Urgent Need to Rework India’s Electoral Constituencies
India’s electoral constituencies remain frozen in time: they still represent populations based on the 1971 census.
December 17, 2018
Fast Fact: Linguistic analyses of election manifestos yield telling results
What can manifestos tell us about India’s leading political parties?
December 04, 2018
Sops as Solutions, the Road to Serfdom
The stark reality is that every party is ensuring its electoral fortunes by parading sops as the solution for every failure.
July 12, 2018
Simultaneous elections are a bad idea
‘One nation, one election’ might sound appealing, but it will have a number of anti-democratic consequences.
July 10, 2018
Politics of Paddy and MSP of Votes
Maharashtra, where the BJP faces a possible Congress and NCP coalition and the tantrums of seasonal friend Shiv Sena, is the largest producer of jowar.
July 10, 2018
India plans world’s tallest statue at $500m
Project’s grandeur criticised against backdrop of millions struggling in poverty.
December 21, 2017
Patels, Farmers, Businessmen: Who Voted How In The Gujarat Elections?
On Monday the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Gujarat state assembly elections for the sixth time in a row. It is useful to look deeper into the voter numbers to determine where BJP and Congress gained and lost.
December 21, 2017
What Gujarat Is Telling India
Sieved clean of the ricocheting claims and rhetoric, what do the results from Gujarat tell India?