Asim Ali

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

The Times of India

2026
Congress gotta beat BJP to even be king of opposition 23 March 2026
2025
3 reasons opposition keeps losing polls 15 November 2025
Lalu’s shadow on Bihar’s vote 10 October 2025
As Kejriwal’s ‘Delhi model’ loses AAPeal 8 February 2025
Can RaGa be in tune? 5 February 2025
2024
Cong, get new ideas & new ideators 26 November 2024
Wayanad: The easier of Priyanka Gandhi’s tests 29 October 2024
What Rahul isn’t saying 13 September 2024
Not-to-do list for Rahul, Priyanka 19 June 2024
Why Congress is back but isn’t quite there yet 5 June 2024
It’s V for variety 7 May 2024
Five key factors 2024’s winning strategy must optimise 18 March 2024
Farmers stirred, BJP not shaken 17 February 2024
Patna’s paltu politics 29 January 2024
Voter, not Narwekar, is kingmaker 11 January 2024
2023
Many faces, no big idea 20 December 2023
In 8 points: How BJP ‘Brahmastra’ destroyed Congress 4 December 2023
Jaipur’s hawa going both ways 26 October 2023
The Telangana topsy-turvy 12 October 2023
The Madhya Matrix 27 September 2023
Can INDIA solve the BJP puzzle? 1 September 2023
He’s back, so is the dilemma 7 August 2023
What’s Gehlot getting at? 27 July 2023
It’s the story, not the sharing 27 July 2023
Happy ending for Pawar play? 12 July 2023
That age-old question 7 July 2023
Cong’s local hand is its strongest 15 May 2023
Out of House, what should Rahul do? 26 March 2023
Caught between math & Modi 27 February 2023
Congress has a long walk ahead 30 January 2023
Karnataka’s 3-in-1 polls 15 January 2023
2022
The Modi marvel & the Congsolation 9 December 2022
AAP’s bitter revdi? 8 November 2022
Old new chief, same old party 19 October 2022
Star castes in Telangana 18 September 2022
Patna potboiler 9 August 2022
The no-position parties 21 July 2022
BJP’s hands-off grievance politics 17 May 2022
Congress’s bloated middle 28 April 2022
It was as much Ram as it was ration 10 March 2022
Will east decide UP winner? 2 March 2022
Awadh to Lucknow to Ayodhya 18 February 2022
How the west will be won 9 February 2022
2021
Mamata Banerjee’s victory provides a model 2 May 2021
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