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Ajaz Ashraf
Farmers, Sikhs Can’t be Targeted as Muslims were on CAA
03 Dec 2020
A comparison of the protests against CAA and the farm laws demonstrates the limits of Hindutva.
Ajaz Ashraf
Sociologist Judge on Why Farmers Cannot Rely on Modi’s Assurances
29 Nov 2020
As the farmers from Punjab and Haryana camp outside Delhi, Prof Judge explains the nature of the agriculture crisis gripping Punjab, why the three farm laws will prove disastrous to them, and the…
Ajaz Ashraf
Debate with Journalist Ashutosh: Should Muslims Lie Low?
24 Nov 2020
Examining the belief that the Opposition must play the Hindu card to counter Hindutva.
Ajaz Ashraf
Kunal Kamra: Portrait of a Laughing Gandhian Through his Tweets
17 Nov 2020
The comedian’s words echo what others have been saying. And there is the Supreme Court’s chequered history with power.
Ajaz Ashraf
Lesson from Bihar: Suffering Does Not Make People Shift Party Loyalties
11 Nov 2020
The results show how strong the pull of caste identity is. Nothing else explains why JD-U’s vote share did not shrink disastrously.
Ajaz Ashraf
Can Modi be Defeated as Trump was in the United States?
08 Nov 2020
American media and public officials exposed Trump thoroughly. Now India’s Opposition has to do the same to Hindutva.
Ajaz Ashraf
Media Coverage of Mohan Bhagwat Speech Fails Test of Truth
28 Oct 2020
It is time the Indian media stops obsessing about ‘objectivity’ and calls out leaders for their lies.
Ajaz Ashraf
Nitish’s Prohibition Policy: A Horror Worse than Emergency
25 Oct 2020
The prohibition policy has become an eloquent example of the havoc a paternalistic state can create for citizens whom it wishes to reform.
Ajaz Ashraf
Protests Against Stan Swamy’s Arrest Show the Nation the Way
21 Oct 2020
Jharkhand breaks the connection between the politics of identity and civil rights which has often come in the way of mass protests.
Ajaz Ashraf
Chirag Should Know: Nitish is a Potato in Bihar Politics
07 Oct 2020
Now that the fight has come to Bihar chief minister’s doorstep, Nitish Kumar may prove as adaptable as the victory margins will be narrow.