The Moral Void of Markets
Markets are not a panacea for authoritarianism and moral conflicts
Dr Ajay Gudavarthy
Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, (JNU), New Delhi.
Fractured Faith: India’s Democracy
Elections in India are a paradoxical see-saw between trust and legitimacy crisis.
Examining the Impact of Technocratic Psephology on Election and Democracy
Election analysis is now entertainment feeding hyper-nationalism, and where critical debate and reflection are missing.
Farmers Movement and the Populist Authoritarianism in India
Counterstrategies need not merely emotionalise protest but to also revolutionise emotions. They need to dig deep into everyday ethics, their presence in common sense, and modes of normative evaluation. This is what happened during the Indian farmers' protests. Three years after they erupted, Ajay Gudavarthy takes a look at the successful mobilisation that managed to make a dent in India's authoritarian regime
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra- Beyond the Political?
It is now widely agreed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has shed his earlier image of ‘Pappu’ that included being a reluctant politician, being indifferent and also perhaps a tad incompetent. All that has changed for good but it’s not yet clear what his new image is. What is the new space that he can carve out to earn trust and credibility? The Bharat Jodo Yatra is pitched to be only partially political in the sense of not aiming exclusively at electoral outcomes. The yatra and Gandhi’s speeches have expanded the meaning and purpose of ‘politics’ beyond electoralism.