Adieu To Fiats of High Commands

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/Adieu-to-fiats-of-high-commands/articleshow/12200063.cms

"The fiats of the 'high command', ideological posturing, coterie deliberations and too-clever-by-half electoral calculations - all of them manifestation of the 'commanding heights' approach to politics - are well and truly a thing of the past."

-The Times of India, March 10, 2012

It Takes More To Tango

Beware milking caste too much, it might just curdle

It Takes More To Tango

-The Times of India, February 18, 2012

'There's space for every party that works for dalit emancipation'

Q&A


with Badri Narayan, academic and political analyst, and a professor of social and cultural anthropology at the G B Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad, discussing "his current research, UP chief minister Mayawati's past performance - and the state's forthcoming elections."

Interview - Q&A

-The Times of India, January 18, 2012

What's Up, Poll Doc?

How the EC makes electoral medicine go down


What's Up, Poll Doc?

-The Times of India, January 14, 2012

Our dear old EC has been putting in place great measures for the coming elections in five states. The article calls it the "electoral medicine," and indeed for political parties and politicians, it is a bitter pill to swallow.  

Talk Real Issues

UP voters deserve better than no-holds-barred identity politics


Talk Real Issues

-The Times of India, January 12, 2012

All parties are getting in line to woo the vote-banks in UP by playing the identity card, whereas much more important reforms and measures that are the need of the hour are completely missing. Instead of engaging in "competitive electoral mobilisation along caste and religious lines", the political parties need to focus on reform in "key areas like the economy, education, health, infrastructure and service-delivery." 

For level electoral field, Election Commission orders draping of Mayawati's statues

Times View - Consistent - and correct


Counterview - A meaningless decision


-The Times of India, January 10, 2012

Talk Is Cheap

BJP has diluted its anti-corruption stance by admitting tainted leaders


Talk Is Cheap

-The Times of India, January 6, 2012

Divide And Rule

As state elections are announced, Congress's quota ploy may not help it much


Article - Divide And Rule

-The Times of India, December 26, 2011