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Sanjay Kumar is a professor and currently director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. The views expressed are personal.

Bharatiya Janata Party supporters toss flowers on the cutout of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate winning seats in the state of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow. (Photo: AP)

Despite Modi's triumph, no Congress-mukt India yet

One factor that worked in favour of the BJP in these elections was the popularity and image of Prime Minister Narendra...

15 March 2017 3:12 AM IST

Triple talaq has been distorted in India, and its far more important to ban this than use it as a wedge to encroach on Muslim personal laws. (Photo: PTI)

Will Muslim vote split help BJP to win UP?

Caste identity and in some contexts religious identity is shaping the choices of voters in UP.

3 March 2017 6:31 AM IST

Yamkeshwar has around 84,000 voters, and about 70 per cent of them reside in villages.

Voting a right, don't make it compulsory

Preliminary studies indicate the larger the size of electoral rolls, higher is the proportion of error.

20 Feb 2017 2:22 AM IST

Sincerely yours, Geronimo.... P.S. Missing you already

Poll funding reforms' a smokescreen?

The new rules still leave scope for political parties to receive donations in cash, for which they need not make any...

7 Feb 2017 1:42 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and newly appointed party president Akhilesh Yadav unveils party manifesto ahead of Assembly election, in Lucknow.

BJP faces secular challenge in UP

The fate of BJP depends more on how other parties go into these elections rather than its own strength.

24 Jan 2017 4:52 AM IST

Supreme Court of India

Caste away?

Caste is a reality in our social life and politics is merely a reflection of our society.

8 Jan 2017 3:33 AM IST

Election Commission of India (Photo: PTI)

Electoral reforms: A very long way to go

It is widely believed that such political parties exist only on paper and are suspected to be potential conduits for...

27 Dec 2016 2:20 AM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (Photo: PTI)

Nitish's note ban line: Just practical politics

Mr Kumar seems to have moved even in the direction of having a Plan B.

9 Dec 2016 12:17 AM IST

Old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes placed in an order that reads BAN in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Will note ban damage the BJP?

People do not seem to have bothered much about the surgical strike on Pakistan or about the currency exchange.

26 Nov 2016 12:15 AM IST