Lokniti Newsletter April 2017
Sanjay Kumar
- (with Praveen Rai) ‘The decline of the Congress Party in Indian Politics’, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 52, Issue No. 12, 25 March, 2017.
- The Rise and fall of AAP, Deccan Herald, 30 April , 2017.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/609050/rise-fall-aap.html - (with Pranav Gupta) AAP Interrupted, Indian Express, 27 April , 2017.
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/mcd-polls-aam-aadmi-party-bjpwonresult-politics-4629633/ - Poll funding: Taking a few steps backwards, Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle, 3 April, 2017.
http://www.asianage.com/opinion/columnists/030417/poll-funding-taking-a-few-steps-backwards.html - The Damned science of Psephology, Open Magazine, 17 March , 2017.
http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/mandate-2017-comment/the-damned-science-of-psephology - Despite Modi’s triumph, no Congress-mukt India yet, The Asian Age & Deccan Chronicle, 15 March, 2017.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/columnists/150317/despite-modis-triumph-no-congress-mukt-india-yet.html - Decoding Assembly Election Results 2017, Livemint, 13 March, 2017.
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/f3lM89WOSHnzsMM2VZsdFK/Decoding-Assembly-Election-Results-2017.html - Assembly Elections 2017: How the Opposition lost to Modi across India, The Hindustan Times, 12 March, 2017.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/assembly-elections-2017-how-the-opposition-lost-to-modi-across-india/story-Kwb9Ufhjing4JI8ensDDNL.html - Will Muslim vote split help BJP to win UP? The Asian Age & Deccan Chronicle, 3 March, 2017.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/columnists/030317/will-muslim-vote-split-help-bjp-to-win-up.html
Ashutosh Kumar
- Corruption, Nepotism led to Akali Dal’s rout in Punjab, The New Indian Express, 12 March, 2017.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/mar/12/corruption-nepotism-led-to-akali-dals-rout-in-punjab-1580545--1.html - The Congress’s Punjab Lifeline, The Hindu, March 13, 2017.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-congresss-punjab-lifeline/article17452739.ece - Election Results: 5 Reasons Why SAD was crushed in Punjab Elections, The Hindustan Times, 12 March, 2017.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/5-reasons-why-sad-was-crushed-in-punjab-elections/story-e11JwWMbftVZGgNmTIcnLO.html - Whither BJP in Punjab, Deccan Herald, 18 March, 2017.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/601905/whither-bjp-punjab.html - Youth Factor in Punjab : Continuity with Change, Lok Marg, 1 May, 2017.
http://lokmarg.com/youth-factor-in-punjab-continuity-with-change/
Suhas Palshikar
- Party with a Difference, Economic & Political Weekly, 15 April 2017, Vol. 52 No. 15, pp. 11-12.
- India’s Second Dominant Party System, Economic & Political Weekly, 25 March 2017, Vol. 52 No. 12, pp. 12-15.
- (With Rajeshwari Deshpande)Political Economy of a Dominant Caste in R. Nagraj and S. Motiram (eds.), Political Economy of Contemporary India, 2017, Delhi, Cambridge University Press, 77-97.
- After the Meteoric Rise, The Indian Express, Edit Page, 20 April, 2017.
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/aam-aadmi-party-mcd-elections-delhi-kejriwal-4620125/ - When BJP Equals Congress, The Indian Express, Edit Page, 31 March, 2017.
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/when-bjp-equals-congress-4593054/
A.K. Verma
- Uttar Pradesh Verdict: Correcting Perceptional Distortions, Swarajya, 31 March 2017
https://swarajyamag.com/politics/uttar-pradesh-verdict-correcting-perceptional-distortions - Congress Banaam Bhajpa Sanskriti, (???????? ???? ????? ????????), Dainik Jagran, 30 March 2017
http://www.jagran.com/editorial/apnibaat-congress-vs-bjp-culture-15766186.html?src=HP-EDI-ART - Name of the Change: From Identity politics to Aspirational Politics, Open Magazine , 27 March 2017, pp. 22-25.
http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/mandate-2017-comment/from-identity-politics-to-aspirational-politics - Yogi sang Modi ki bhi Pareeksha (???? ??? ???? ?? ?? ???????), Dainik Jagran, 20 March 2017
http://www.jagran.com/editorial/apnibaat-examination-of-modi-too-with-yogi-15707289.html?src=HP-EDI-ART - Nai Disha ka Aagaaz (?? ???? ?? ????),Opinion Post, 16-31 March, pp. 22-23.
- Saat vajahen jisne UP me bhajpa ko bahumat dilaya (??? ????? ????? ???? ??? ????? ?? ????? ??????), BBC Hindi Service, BBC News, 20 March, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-39320877?SThisFB - Punarparibhashit karni hongi praathmiktaayen (????????????? ???? ????? ????????????), Mudda, Dainik Jagran, 19 March, 2017.
- Modi Certainly doesn’t exclude Muslims from Governance, Rediff.com. 16 March, 2017
http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/modi-certainly-doesnt-exclude-muslims-from-governance/20170316.htm - Death Knell for Congress? Despite Punjab Loss, BJP Emerges as Pan-India Party, New Indian Express, 12 March 2017.
http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/17482782 - Uttar Pradesh me Ubhara ek Naya Jan-uphaan (????? ?????? ??? ???? ?? ??? ??-????), Dainik Jagran,12 March 2017.
http://www.jagran.com/editorial/apnibaat-a-new-mass-boom-emerged-in-up-15671253.html?src=HP-EDI-ART - Why BJP Won So Massively in Uttar Pradesh?, ABP Live Blog,11 March 2017.
http://www.abplive.in/blog/why-bjp-won-so-massively-in-uttar-pradesh-504149 - UP Elections: Little Hope for Congress in Amethi, Raebareily and Ayodhya, Swarajya,6 March 2017.
https://swarajyamag.com/politics/up-election-little-hope-for-congress-in-amethi-raebareily-and-ayodhya - Bharosa Jeetne ki Nirnayak Jang (????? ????? ?? ???????? ???), Dainik Jagran,2 March 2017
http://www.jagran.com/editorial/apnibaat-decisive-battle-of-win-trust-15614385.html?src=HP-EDI-ART
K.K. Kailash
- (with Rajeshwari Deshpande & Louise Tillin) States as laboratories: The politics of social welfare policies in India with Rajeshwari Deshpande and Louise Tillin in India Review, 16(1), 2017 pp. 85-105.
- A very contemporary Marxist: EMS Namboodiripad in The Disruptors, India Today, 2017
Rajeshwari Deshpande
- Navvad Matanchi Shokantika ( Marathi, the Ninety votes tragedy), Loksatta, Edit Page, 1 April, 2017.
- (With KK Kailash and Louise Tillin) ‘States as Laboratories: The Politics of Social Welfare Policies in India’, India Review 16 (1), 2017, pp. 85-105.
- (With Suhas Palshikar) Political Economy of a Dominant Caste, in R Nagraj and Sripad Motiram (eds.) Political Economy of Contemporary India, Oxford University Press, 2017
- Stree Prashnachi Charcha: Ekvisave Shatak ( Marathi, Women's Question: 21st Century), Loksatta Edit Page, 8 March, 2017.
Kushal Pal
- Dr. B.R.Ambedkar: A re-assessment, Daily Post, Chandigarh, April 13, 2017.