Asim Ali

2 months ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Vaishna Roy |Asim Ali

In his 2018 book Republic of Caste, Anand Teltumbde described the Aam Aadmi Party as “A Political App for the Neoliberal era”. It was a telling analogy. Like a mobile application, the AAP’s political package seemed to offer a range of functionalities to its citizen consumers. The proposed functionalities centred on improving the quality of public goods, like health and education, along with subsidised provision of welfare services like electricity, drinking water, and transportation.

Jan 17, 2025 | telegraphindia.com | Asim Ali

Why do we say that ‘India as a constitutional State’ and ‘India as a civilisational State’ represent two competing modes of defining Indian nationhood? Asim Ali Published 18.01.25, 07:00 AM The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief, Mohan Bhagwat, claimed this week that India achieved its “true independence” on the day of the Ram mandir’s consecration in Ayodhya.

Nov 25, 2024 | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Asim Ali

In Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, Congress had registered a spectacular comeback, emerging with the single largest party tally, the first time in any election in the state since 2009. Yet, six months later, it has been reduced to just 16 seats, by far its worst ever performance in the state. What does this pendulum-like reversal in its former stronghold say about the state of Congress? Read full story on TOI+ Facebook Twitter Linkedin END OF ARTICLE

Nov 25, 2024 | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Asim Ali

Asim Ali Nov 25, 2024, 19:33 IST ISTThe party needs a national leadership that pushes hard decisions and a culture of accountability, starting with itselfIn Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, Congress had registered a spectacular comeback, emerging with the single largest party tally, the first time in any election in the state since 2009. Yet, six months later, it has been reduced to just 16 seats, by far its worst ever performance in the state.

Nov 22, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Asim Ali

Should we expect the air quality in Delhi and the wider northern Gangetic belt to improve over the next decade? Probably not; unless we are able to reconfigure the nature of our polity Asim Ali Published 23.11.24, 04:24 AM I am writing this essay from Delhi where the air has officially been poisonous for a week. “Delhi’s air improves slightly after 8 days, AQI at ‘very poor’ level” was the Kafkaesque headline in yesterday’s newspapers.