Asim Ali

Political researcher and columnist writing on democracy, nationalism, political economy and popular culture in South Asia.

The Hindu

2024
The site of a major political earthquake 5 June 2024
Heady electoral rhetoric with a hegemonic ring to it 6 March 2024
2023
Nationally dominant, with a strategy that clicks 4 December 2023
How the BJP juggernaut chugs along 22 November 2023
Opaque political financing could cost democracy dear 18 November 2023
A census for a new deal 9 October 2023
The calculus behind political neutrality 10 August 2023
Deciphering Maharashtra’s defections, its politics 15 June 2023
Citizen activism that is missing from the wrestling ring 5 June 2023
The BJP’s Karnataka defeat — a blow to its mythmaking 14 May 2023
Deciphering campaign financing in Karnataka 14 April 2023
A right reading of post-cleavage political parties 16 March 2023
The unchallenged run of majoritarian encroachments 11 March 2023
2022
Changing features of Muslim representation in India 30 December 2022
The big message from the Kurhani byelection 16 December 2022
Examining the case for a Congress family reunion 19 October 2022
Bihar and the evolution of Mandal politics 22 August 2022
The marginalisation of the Indian Muslim 15 August 2022
The meaning of a ‘dynasty-mukt Bharat’ 4 July 2022
The rise of AAP and a central question 29 March 2022
A demonstration of a durable political phenomenon 11 March 2022
In Uttar Pradesh, the crux of welfare politics 14 February 2022
Re-establishing ownership of the Mandal space 8 January 2022
2021
The Trinamool is playing T20, AAP a Test match 2 December 2021
In U.P., a missing tango and the BJP’s waltz 10 November 2021
Decoding the political battle for Uttar Pradesh 13 July 2021
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