Look Out
Looking for older articles? Please follow this link:
Lookout
1 2 >
Looking for older articles ? Please follow this link : Lookout
Post-poll ghettoisation
#708 ( 23-29 May 2014 )
The BJP victory will strengthen the position of orthodox Muslims in India
The rise and fall of the Congress
#707 ( 16-22 May 2014 )
India’s grand old party faces an existential crisis
India’s last lap
#706 ( 9-15 May 2014 )
The triangular battle between the BJP, Congress and the AAP in northern India means the result could be close
Green Revolution to narcotics
#705 ( 2-8 May 2014 )
As Punjab grapples with a huge drug problem, its voters turn away from mainstream parties
Clash of civilisations in Varanasi
#704 ( 25 April - 1 May 2014 )
An epic electoral battle for the hearts and minds of Muslims in India’s Hindu heartland
The backlash against the BJP
#703 ( 18-24 April 2014 )
Patronage and representation
#702 ( 11-17 April 2014 )
India’s election exposes flaws in its system of parliamentary representation
The vote in Varanasi
#701 ( 4-10 April 2014 )
The battle for India’s soul is being waged in the Hindu heartland in next week’s election
The Muslim myth
#700 ( 28 March-3 April 2014 )
The media is the message in stereotyping the Muslim voter in India
Citizen journalists in the citizen party
#699 ( 21-27 March 2014 )
India’s Aam Aadmi Party fields seven journalists in April’s elections
Reversing reservation
#698 ( 14-20 March 2014 )
Nepal must learn from India’s experience with the politics of identity and steer away from its pitfalls
Locking horns with the BJP
#697 ( 7-13 March 2014 )
Target: crony capitalism
#696 ( 28 Feb - 6 Mar 2014 )
India’s rebel party takes aim at big business ahead of April’s general elections
Fact-fudging in Gujarat
#695 ( 21-27 February 2014 )
New book exposes Indian prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s involvement in 2002 communal pogrom
India’s left-of-centre Third Front
#694 ( 14-20 February 2014 )
An alliance of 11 parties desperately tries to save itself ahead of general elections
Divided down the middle
#693 ( 7-13 February 2014 )
Anti-corruption drive in India separates the beneficiaries and losers among the middle class
Fund-raising models for NGOs
#692 ( 31 Jan - 6 Feb 2014 )
Humans rights groups in the subcontinent should be able to raise public funds because of their progressive politics
All about roots
#691 ( 24-30 January 2014 )
Aam Aadmi Party’s national vision must be refracted through the prism of the local
Becoming Mohammad Yousuf
#690 ( 17-23 January 2014 )
Alienated by the ambience of extreme religious fervor within Pakistani cricket team, one of its star batsman converted to Islam for social respectability
Next stop: Haryana
#689 ( 10-16 January 2014 )
Imagine an erudite, modern academician at the helm of a state infamous for its socio-political conservatism and venality
Condemned to repeat history
#688 ( 3-9 January 2014 )
The past will haunt India in 2014, the year of general elections
For the aam aadmi
#687 ( 27 December - 2 Janauary 2014 )
Democracy demands constant participation from the people and ought not to be confined to dropping ballots every five years
Diminished by triumph
#686 ( 20-26 December 2013 )
When activists get elected, they seem to emulate the politicians they despise
Hare overtakes tortoises
#685 ( 13-19 December 2013 )
India’s anti-corruption citizen party has potential to upset next year’s general elections
Sex and the office
#684 ( 6-12 December 2013 )
The Tehelka scandal has led to the question of whether consensual sex with subordinates at the workplace is harassment
Democracy’s guerrillas
#683 ( 29 November-5 December 2013 )
For the first time in four decades, India is getting an alternative political party to hold its own in elections
Dynasty vs dynamism
#682 ( 22-28 November 2013 )
India’s regional leaders may be forced to choose performance over charisma in next year’s polls
Sorry, can’t come
#681 ( 15-21 November 2013 )
The Indian PM’s decision not to attend the Commonwealth Summit in Colombo rings a bit hollow
Pre-poll polls
#680 ( 8-14 November 2013 )
Predicting the outcome of elections based on opinion polls is fraught with danger in India and Nepal
Citizen candidate
#678 ( 25-31 October 2013 )
Local elections in India’s capital will be a litmus test for national polls
Looking for older articles ? Please follow this link : Lookout