BJP and the poor
On January 9, the upper house of India’s parliament - the Rajya Sabha - passed a constitutional amendment to lift the cap on reservations in education and public sector jobs…
The BJP’s politics
Reportedly, a 55-year-old Muslim man was lynched by a Hindu mob in Bihar in India for allegedly stealing a cow. This is not an isolated incident but in fact a…
Surviving 2019 and the BJP’s hegemony
Eminent political scientist Professor Suhas Palshikar, who was formerly affiliated with Pune University, has come up with a thought-provoking and rather disconcerting long essay in the Economic & Political Weekly.…
Muslims, the BJP and the battle for UP
When in doubt, go back to the basics. That is what the BJP is apparently doing in Uttar Pradesh. Staring at what looks like a humiliating debacle in India’s largest…
BJP’s plans
The results of the recent elections to the five state assemblies of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry emboldened BJP president Amit Shah to declare that the party…
Mehbooba and the BJP
The ruthless use of power can prolong armed occupation but it cannot win the hearts and minds of the people. This is the lesson to be drawn from the lukewarm…
‘Bharatmata’ bonanza for BJP
Nationalism is swamping India as never before. It is pouring out of every orifice and crevice, assaulting the senses and deadening the ability to think sanely. Not even in the…
Going solo, the BJP scores again
The Bharatiya Janata Party has emerged as the single largest party in the Maharashtra and Haryana assemblies, reconfirming its status as the principal pole or central point of reference in…
Kashmir polls and the BJP
Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir is all set to hold five-phased assembly elections beginning from November 25 (and up to December 20, 2014). The upcoming elections are significant in many ways.…
BJP and ‘love jihad’
How does Narendra Modi’s lofty slogan Sab ka Saath, Sab ka Vikaas (inclusion and development for all) square up with India’s social-political reality as experienced by the religious minorities? The…
