Lokniti Newsletter June 2014

Publications

A.K. Verma

• Uttar Pradesh: Saffron Sweep through Inclusive and Developmental Politics. Co-authored with Mirza Asmer Beg and Sudhir Kumar.The Hindu, May 23, 2014
• Baji Palatne Wala Daavn. Dainik Jagran. May 21,2014
• Modi Lahar Ka Matlab Dainik Jagran, May 7,2014
• Myth or Reality? Deccan Herald , May 4,2014
• Uttar Pradesh: Communal Polarisation vs Caste Calculus. Economic and Political Weekly, May 3, 2014
• ‘Uttar Pradesh: The ebb and flow of party support’, Co-authored with Mirza Asmer Beg and Sudhir Kumar, in Suhas Palshiker, K C Suri, and Yogendra Yadav, Party Competition in Indian States: Electoral Politics in Post-Congress Polity, Oxford University Press, New Delhi ,2014.

Annapurna Nautiyal

• Perception of Elite Class in Doon about Election 2014. Garhwal Post, May 16, 2014

Ashutosh Kumar

• 'Rural/Urban Responses', Book Review, xxxviii (5): 7-8. Review of ‘Why India Votes?’ (2014) By Mukulika Banerjee, Routledge, New Delhi.

K K Kailash

Where’s the party? The India Express, May 8,2014

Pradeep Chhibber

• Out of step. Co author Rahul Verma The Indian Express, May 20,2014
• BJP has a gender problem. Co author Rahul Verma The Indian Express, May 15,2014

Rajeshwari Deshpande

• Adhikaranche Adhikya.(Marathi- Excess of Authority?) Loksatta, Op-Ed, May 2,2014
• Ujwvikade Zukaleli Lokshahi. ( Marathi- Democracy's tilt to the right) Loksatta, Op-Ed, May 16 , 2014
• Vismarananvar Ubharalela Rashtravad. ( Marathi- Nationalism based on Forgetting) Loksatta, Op Ed, May 30, 2014

Rekha Chowdhary

• 'India's response to the Kashmir Insurgency: A holistic perspective' in Moeed Yusuf (ed) Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in South Asia, United States Institute of Peace, 2014.
• ‘2009 Parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir’ in Suhas Palshiker, K C Suri, and Yogendra Yadav, Party Competition in Indian States: Electoral Politics in Post-Congress Polity, Oxford University Press, New Delhi ,2014.
• 'Modi's Roadmap for India's Kashmir and Pakistan policy' in East Asia Forum.

Sandeep Shastri

• Political chemistry and alliance arithmetic. The Mint , May 6 ,2014

Sanjay Kumar

• Can Congress revive after this defeat? The Mint, May 29, 2014
• Modi Sarkaar magah pane wale chehare, Prabhat Khabar, May 28, 2014
• Chunaav Natejo ke Mayane, Hashtkshep, May 19, 2014
• How the BJP stole Congress thunder, Hindustan Times, May 17, 2014
• Role of polarization in BJP’s big victory. The Mint , May 17,2014
• Congress sabse bade parajay ki ore. Prabhat Khabar, May 14,2014
• Kuch nahi kehta jyada matdaan. Hindustan, May 14,2014
• Role of polarization in BJP’s big victory. The Mint, May 17 ,2014
• Bhari matdan se badlav zarori nahin. Dainik Bhaskar , May 8 ,2014
• Reading too much into voter turnout. The Mint, May 8,2014
• Congress ka atmaghati kadam. Dainik Bhaskar , May 5,2014
• Pratibandh nahi, ho sarthak upyog. Dainik Jagaran , May 4,2014
• Kya dalit voteron ko lubha pauegi bhajpa? BBC Hindi , May 3,2014
• Minority appeasement may misfire. The Mint , May 1, 2014

Suhas Plashikar

• Toll on the party. The India Express, May 13, 2014
• A New Phase of the Polity, The Hindu, Op-Ed , May 22, 2014
• Congress: Pech ani avhane ( Congress--Crisis and challenges) in Marathi Daily, Maharashtra Times, Sunday supplement, May, 25, 2014

Lectures/ Seminars/ Workshops/Paper Presentations

Sanjay Kumar

• Presented a seminar on “Interpreting the 2014 Mandate”, Council for Social Development, Delhi, May 22, 2014