Author profile: Ajay Gudavarthy
Opinion – Opposition Strategy and Perspective in India’s 2024 Elections
The only way to break Modi’s dominance is to espouse a worldview that offers the electorate a different and contrasting way of evaluating the issues at hand.
75 Years Post-Independence, India’s Tryst with Fear
India’s independence is marked by an absence of freedom for swathes of its dispossessed population – a society where violence is so complete that it is almost invisible.
Opinion – How Formidable is the Rightward Shift in India?
The claim to a common Hindu identity allowed the BJP to offer more representation to subaltern castes, yet argue they are above caste and community.
Opinion – Populism and Rhetoric Amidst the Farmers’ Protest in India
Despite smear campaigns, it looks difficult to reclaim a ubernationalist discourse against the authentically local and indigenous farmers.
