Asia A shifting paradigm? Politics in India against the backdrop of the parliamentary election May 3, 2019 0 Written by Subrata Mitra. ABSTRACT: The acrimonious electoral campaign of 2019 will be remembered for the spectre of muscular Hinduism locked in battle with multicultural…
Beef ban Caste calculations and curry leaves: Dalits and the 2019 elections April 17, 2019 1 Written by Hugo Gorringe and Karthikeyan Damodaran. Dalit votes could be decisive in the 2019 general elections in India. One of the pillars of the…
Election Commissioner The electoral politics of caste in Tamil Nadu: Why TTV Dhinakaran matters more for the BJP than the DMK April 9, 2019 0 Written by Vignesh Karthik KR. With the two major Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu (TN) forming broad alliances in advance of the Indian general elections,…
Elections Beyond the BJP/Congress dichotomy: Reflecting on the possibilities of a Third Front April 4, 2019 0 Written by Indrajit Roy. Electoral coalitions have remained a feature of Indian politics since 1989. The present government, led by Narendra Modi, is a coalition…
Caste Caste and its limits in the electoral politics of Tamil Nadu April 3, 2019 0 Written by Vignesh Karthik KR and Jeyannathann Karunanithi. The general perception of caste as determining the winning ability of a candidate in Indian elections is unclear in…