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Ajaz Ashraf
Wooing Brahmins is as Good as Walking into Adityanath’s Trap
28 Jul 2021
Data show that Mayawati did not win the 2007 Assembly elections because of Brahmin votes. The desertion of Dalits from the BSP led to her losing in 2012.
Ajaz Ashraf
PegasusGate: We Could all be Deprived of Free Will, Like Palestinians
22 Jul 2021
It’s not just about Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Prashant Kishor or journalists tracked via their phones. It’s about how nobody is safe from surveillance by spyware.
Ajaz Ashraf
How Assam is Turning Beef into a Federal Issue
16 Jul 2021
Assam’s new Cattle Preservation Bill violates Article 48 of the Constitution and will give a fillip to vigilantism.
Ajaz Ashraf
Bob Dylan Adapted: Who Killed Stan Swamy?
06 Jul 2021
The activist-priest succumbed to health problems, including after-effects of Covid-19, which he contracted in jail as an under-trial prisoner.
Ajaz Ashraf
Pew Survey on Religion Shows Indians are Hypocrites
04 Jul 2021
The claim of Indians that they respect all religions does not square up with their attitudes towards religious communities to which they do not belong.
Ajaz Ashraf
Why it is difficult for Sidhu to become Punjab’s Imran Khan
24 Jun 2021
Sidhu is perceived as honest and Punjabis take pride in him, but he has not done enough leg-work to convey to voters that he can transform the system on his own.
Ajaz Ashraf
Next Step: Courts Must Penalise Officers for Misusing UAPA
17 Jun 2021
Why the Delhi High Court has frowned upon the tendency of the police to arbitrarily invoke draconian laws.
Ajaz Ashraf
Battered by Covid-19, Doctors Challenge Militaristic Nationalism
11 Jun 2021
A career in the military is not the only profession in which death and duty entwine together.
Ajaz Ashraf
Masterstroke: A 1200-Word Review of 56 Blank Pages
01 Jun 2021
Contemporary India is writing its (un)successful stories in invisible ink. Stare hard at those blank pages, and you will find the real meanings.
Ajaz Ashraf
Why No Other PM Would Have Picked Modi’s Covid-19 Strategy
26 May 2021
We learn from the last seven years of BJP’s majority rule that a stable government can destabilise citizen’s lives.