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Rewards of communal politics for BJP need to be understood in historical context and current social contradictions rather than condemning it on...
Is the BJP’s dominance only generating unease among the political elite outside the BJP’s fold rather than the people at large?
Rather than call BJP supporters bigoted, and imagine a progressive voter base for the opposition, we need to understand the complex nature of Indian...
Arguments on democratic backsliding in India focus less on the concentration of power, as it should, and instead on the behaviour of the political...
The World Inequality Lab's report on India's inequality has stirred debate. But a more interesting question is the muting of inequality as a factor in...
The fight for political transparency is important for India's institutions, but transparency is not the driving factor when it comes to political...
Unlike the Congress, which was lopsided in terms of caste and class, the BJP’s growth has been linked to the widening of Indian politics’ social...
If the Opposition has to have a fighting chance against the BJP, it must fight the economic battles of the future — inequality and limited upward...
The inherent class tension in India’s political economy landscape will only increase going forward despite what happens to official poverty numbers
Neither farmers' movements nor governments are fighting for issues which are critical to its long-term sustainability. Somebody needs to fill this...
BJP's ability to celebrate economic austerity in a country with millions of poor voters is a political economy chutzpah worth examining in detail
A gist of the economic paradigm which the Narendra Modi government seems to have adopted and executed perfectly
The hope and heartbreak of liberals is symptomatic of their misplaced trust not in the BJP or Modi, but the model of capitalism which dominates the...
Why does the Opposition remain in an unclear ideological position vis-à-vis the inauguration of the Ram temple?
The best way to answer this question is to develop a framework of voters, consumers and investors in the Indian economy
Hit-and-run accidents are a political economy issue too. Rogue drivers – and Indian roads – are a result of poor regulation and cost-cutting
A weakening of parliamentary opposition or even independent institutions does not mean the BJP is immune to democratic pushbacks.
Congress must steer clear of political pundits with unfounded theories of the Hindi-speaking voter, and state satraps must do some soul-searching
Leaders would like their state units to change themselves to suit national politics, but state leaders only follow instructions if it helps to retain...
India’s consumer economy is a story of two economies: Expensive mobile phones get sold out within minutes; many struggle to deal with a rise in...
Two important recent announcements — a welfare scheme and extending reservation — show us the state of the political economy of India in the...
It's not quite the semis before the final, as many would have you believe. But, the impact of the results on the rest of India can't be overlooked,...
The Opposition could exploit India’s structural economic fault lines to inflict damage on the BJP, but does it have a leadership which can sell this...
The irony is that India’s economic trajectory of progression after Independence has been accompanied by a severe retrogression in our economic...
Two questions require rigorous examination: Is India the new global growth driver? Where will India’s own big driver for future growth come from?
An extra-parliamentary political churning of the kind that existed pre-1990s is in the offing if, or rather, when the BJP takes a stand
Kota and Mukherjee Nagar are prime examples. Here’s what we need to consider to begin fixing the problem
Mandal politics led to the BJP replacing the Congress. Even today, there’s no reason why the BJP won’t benefit from the demand for OBC reservation
Ideological commitment, organisational perseverance and tactical clarity rather than just shrill rhetoric in social media echo chambers is the need of...
Hindutva’s rhetoric will tempt Dravidian politics to harden its own cultural rhetoric but the latter does not have the numerical strength to take on...