Lokniti Newsletter January 2018
Sanjay Kumar
- Gujarat Elections: BJP seems to have an edge in a close fight, The Mint, December 5, 2017
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/BFsCaNYBkkYZNoOjaQWc9N/Gujarat-elections-BJP-seems-to-have-an-edge-in-a-close-cont.html - Verdict 2017: Question of identity trumps over real issues in 2 states, Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle, December 19, 2017
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/191217/verdict-2017-questions-of-identity-trumps-over-real-issues-in-2-states.html - Kho Gaye Asle mudde, Rashtriya Sahara, (Hindi) December 19, 2017
http://www.samaylive.com/editorial/390210/lost-real-issues-in-assembly%20elections.html - Modi ne raatoraat yuo badla matdatao kaa mijaayaz, BBC (Hindi), December 19, 2017
- (with Shreyas Sardesai) How Gujarat was won, The Hindu, December 19, 2017
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/how-gujarat-was-won/article21865196.ece - (with Pranav Gupta) The Growing Importance of Women as an Electoral Constituency, The Mint, December 27, 2017
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/PyQ7hlxIkiyXlsUqq7JbOL/The-growing-importance-of-women-as-an-electoral-constituency.html
Suhas Palshikar
- Third Life of the Shiv Sena: Notoriuos Becomes 'Normal', Economic and Political Weekly, 52/48, 2 Deceember 2017, pp. 33-36.
http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/2017_52/48/CM_LII_48_021217_Spl_Com_Suhas_Palshikar.pdf - Lampooning Rahul, Edit Page, Indian Express, 8 Dec. 2017
http://epaper.indianexpress.com/1459300/Indian-Express-Pune/December-08,-2017#page/10/2 - An Attack on India's Democracy, Economic and Political Weekly, 52/49; 10-11; 9 December 2017
http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/49/power-and-politics/attack-indias-democracy.html - Can Separate state ensure development of Vidarbha and Marathwada? (Martahi) BBC Marathi web portal, 13 Dec. 2014
https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-42322606 - Decding BJP's Victories, Indian Express, Explained, 19 Decemebr, 2017
http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/decoding-the-bjps-victories-in-gujarat-himachal-pradesh-assembly-elections-trends-of-continuity-with-some-significant-change-pm-modi-4988846/
Sandeep Shastri
- Opposition and Parliamentary Accountability: Who Sets the Agenda` in Ajay Mehra (ed) The Indian Parliament and Democratic Transformation Routledge, 2017
https://www.routledge.com/The-Indian-Parliament-and-Democratic%20Transformation/Mehra/p/book/9781138243835 - State of Democracy in South Asia` (co-authored) Jain University Press 2017 South Asia : An Arm's Length Embrace of Democracy in Denemark, Mattes and Niemi (eds) Growing Up Democratic, Lynne Rienner, 2016
https://www.rienner.com/title/Growing_Up_Democratic_Does_It_Make_a_Difference - Lessons from Gujarat for Karnataka: Going Local is the Key. Bangalore Mirror 19 December 2017
http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/lessons-from-gujarat-for-karnataka-going-local-is-key/articleshow/62125480.cms - As the Nation Awaits the Gujarat verdict. One India. 16 December 2017.
https://www.oneindia.com/india/as-the-nation-awaits-the-gujarat-verdict-2603250.html
Akhil Dutta
- Akhil Ranjan Dutta, 2017, Assam’s Population Policy, 2017: Overstated Numbers and Underlying Agendas, Economic and Political Weekly, December 2, 2017 vol lIi no 48 , pp 19-21
Pushkar Raj
Yatindra Singh
- Professor G. Ram Reddy Social Scientist Award (2017) has been conferred at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad on 4th December, 2017.
Dr. A. K. Verma
- Bhajpa ko Satta, Congress ko Sanjeevni (????? ?? ?????, ???????? ?? ???????), Dainik Jagran, 19 December 2017.
https://www.jagran.com/editorial/apnibaat-power-to-bjp-and-sanjivani-to-congress-17223668.html?src=HP-EDI-ART - Congress ka Paryaay Khandaan (???????? ?? ?????? ??????), Mudda:Vanshvaad ka Rahul Raaj, Oped Page, Dainik Jagran, 16 December, 2017
- The Truth behind BJP’s ‘Clean Sweep’ in UP Civic Polls, Rediff.com, 8 December 2017
http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/the-truth-behind-bjps-clean-sweep-in-up-civic-polls/20171208.htm
Rajeshwari Deshpande
- Dhokayak Dishecha Pravas, ( Marathi- ( the Republic's) Journey on a Dangerous path), Loksatta, OP-Ed, December 31st.
K K Kailash
- The Contest in Context in Seminar, November 2017. (With Sandeep Shastri)
- Adam Ziegfeld's Why regional parties? Clientelism, elites, and the Indian party system in Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 55(4), 2017- 565-67.

