-Indian Express
The link between great power and great suffering — from Mao’s China to Modi’s India - May 6, 2021
The Rise and Fall - February 23, 2021
Once Upon a Failed Coup - January 9, 2021
Govt needs to ready solutions that will facilitate agrarian transition without hurting farmers - December 16, 2020
The Long Day After - November 5, 2020
A Long November Night - October 30, 2020
Institutional oddities of US polity mean Trump could win an election he lost - October 5, 2020
The black part of Kamala Harris’s identity is bound to be bigger, but the Indian part will not be suppressed - August 20, 2020
Hindu nationalism, White supremacism threaten to morally impoverish the two democracies - July 6, 2020
It is not simply the death of a black man, but yet another moment of truth for America - June 3, 2020
The new capitalism: In the foreseeable future, politics will drive economic policies, not market-based rationality - May 3, 2020
How we define and categorise the Delhi violence matters - March 2, 2020
Lifting the pall of fear - January 28, 2020
Recent exclusionary steps can only bring India’s international image down - December 15, 2019
If Shiv Sena wishes to remain in power, it can’t return to full-blooded Hindutva - December 9, 2019
A temple on contested site of mosque’s destruction departs from judicial counter-majoritarianism - November 12, 2019
For Modi, Houston guaranteed a huge turnout of Indian Americans. Trump may need them to win Texas in 2020 - October 5, 2019
By Numbers Alone - August 19, 2019
Democratic Ambivalence - August 3, 2019
Transfiguring India - May 27, 2019
Traveling East UP - May 16, 2019
Caste and religion still form the bedrock of people’s political understanding in Uttar Pradesh - May 16, 2019
2019 and populism - April 6, 2019
National security will compete with unemployment, farm distress as a critical election issue - February 28, 2019
- View from city's margins - January 22, 2019pdf
- Taming hubris - December 17, 2018pdf
- Midterm elections: A bruised Trump - November 13, 2018pdf
- A new RSS? - October 4, 2018pdf
- 'A battle between Hindutva and Hinduism is coming' - August 11, 2018pdf
- Grime Beneath the Glitter - July 21, 2018pdf
Is China meritocratic? - July 11, 2018
- Why did China agree to Wuhan? - May 2, 2018pdf
- Liberals and nationalism - March 29, 2018pdf
- Denying Nehru his due - February 14, 2018pdf
- What Gujarat Means - December 26, 2017pdf
- Globalization in Retreat - November 30, 2017pdf
- Is Narendra Modi a populist? - October 23, 2017pdf
- More accountant, less visionary - August 16, 2017pdf
- A Nitish echo - August 3, 2017pdf
- Crime and content - July 7, 2017pdf
- A Yogi gamble - April 18, 2017pdf
- A PM like Indira Gandhi - March 16, 2017pdf
- When the State Looks Away - March 1, 2017pdf
- America vs America - February 15, 2017pdf
- Demonetisation 2.0 - February 1, 2017pdf
- Post-Truth Demonetisation - January 3, 2017pdf
- White with Rage - November 11, 2016pdf
- Last Tango in America - November 2016pdf
- Inside, outside - September 27, 2016pdf
- Return of the cow - August 23, 2016pdf
- In China, a stirring and a new question - August 3, 2016pdf
- The Trump spectre - June 27, 2016pdf
- Mind the liberal gaps - May 25, 2016pdf
- The Bharat Mata Pivot - March 30, 2016pdf
- Modi's Idea of India - 2 February 6, 2016pdf
- Modi's Idea of India - 1 January 27, 2016pdf
- San Francisco to Dadri October 23, 2015pdf
- Can Modi turn the tide? August 4, 2015pdf
- Untie the farmer (April 29, 2015)link
- Faults and lines (March 28, 2015)link
- What Delhi rejects (February 19, 2015)link
- Putin’s next step (February 3, 2015)link
- And now, India’s turn (January 28, 2015)link
- The 2015 question (December 30, 2014)link
- Democracy’s pioneer (November 19, 2014)link
- United States of Britain? (September 23, 2014)link
- The pragmatic PM? (August 22, 2014)link
- Modi’s institutional designs Co-written with Narendar Pani (July 28, 2014)link
- Modi’s ambivalence (June 28, 2014)link
- 2014, like 1952 (May 19, 2014)link
- Modi, on balance (April 29, 2014)link
- Hearing the silence (April 14, 2014)link
- Modi the moderate (March 27, 2014)link
- The importance of being dull (February 18, 2014)link
- An insider’s view, an outsider’s eye (February 5, 2014)link
- The wave, the waning (January 24, 2014)link
- Politics as unusual (December 23, 2013)link
- One problem is The Dynasty (December 12, 2013)link
- Citizens of tomorrow Co-written with Pradeep Chhibber (October 31, 2013)link
- Democracy vs Capitalism (September 11, 2013)link
- A strange fire (September 20, 2013)link
- Not only Telangana (August 27, 2013)link
- The costs of no food security (July 12, 2013)link
- Doing the Modi math (June 27, 2013)link
- Advani, moment, nation (June 17, 2013)link
- Possibilities of redemption (May 21, 2013)link
- The Boston question (April 23, 2013)link
- Hyphens and national unity (March 20, 2013)link
- Why India must allow hyphens (February 13, 2013)link
- Modi needs a Vajpayee (December 25, 2012)link
- Man with a Plan (December 14, 2012)link
- Raising democracy (November 30, 2012)link
- Growth and graft (October 26, 2012)link
- Grand Unification Theory (October 6, 2012)link
- Rural welfare, not Walmart (September 24, 2012)link
- Moving to the city (August 23, 2012)link
- Modern like China (August 14, 2012)link
- The ravages of routine (August 1, 2012)link
- The business-politics nexus (July 9, 2012)link
- The right turn for BJP (June 25, 2012)link
- India’s moment of truth (June 11, 2012)link
- Are the states too strong? (May 24, 2012)link
- A new dawn—or false? (March 12, 2012)link
- The year of living angrily (December 31, 2011)link
- The long shadow of the Ramlila stage (September 7, 2011)link
- Has urban India arrived? (August 25, 2011)link
- Rethink the communal violence bill (July 16, 2011)link
- State of civil society (June 14, 2011)link
- Doomed by example (August 3, 2010)link
- State of the Union (December 5, 2009)link
- What if Jinnah had won (September 15, 2009)link
- Be affirmative (March 13, 2007)link
- Dancing on the tightrope (March 3, 2007)link
Financial Times
- Narendra Modi's illiberal drift threatens Indian democracy August 17, 2017pdf
- Modi’s victory is little short of an electoral revolution May 16, 2014link
- India’s elections still uncertain? April 14, 2014link
- India must harness the profit motive in the spirit of Nehru (with Jayant Sinha) August 7, 2012link
- India's battle for democracy has just begun August 30, 2011link
- It is time for India to rein in its robber barons (with Jayant Sinha) January 6 2011link
- Memo to Obama: Back India to join the UN’s club November 4 2010link
- India's national renewal benefits everyone May 18 2009link
- A chance to stitch together India’s diversities May 17 2009link
- India returns to the Grand Old Party May 16 2009link
- India’s diversity in diversity April 24 2009link
- Assault on India’s fabled city of dreams November 28, 2008link
- Caste battle only half won as north lags south August 15 2007link
Hindustan Times
- Now for India to walk on two legs July 06, 2009link
- Culture, not religion May 29, 2009link
- Diversity in diversity April 23, 2009link
India Abroad
- India Abroad Interview January 31, 2014pdf
India Today
- Leaps of faith August 13, 2009link
- ABC of poverty reduction September 19, 2005link
- Towards a gentler India June 7, 2004link
NDTV.com
- Are the people always right? February 22, 2014link
- Does it make sense to pulp books? February 17, 2014link
- How damaging are Narendra Modi's historical lapses? February 6, 2014link
- When Rahul Gandhi says he can't alter his ancestry January 30, 2014link
Outlook
- A Pair Of Bi-Focals; Markets must flourish, but the masses can't be left behind April 09, 2007link
- Clay Is Not China: India's messy democracy gives it a protean edge over the rigidities of the neighbour October 17, 2005link
- Will The Stallion Baulk In Mid-Gallop? What next, will the VHP repeat Gujarat in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and even UP in 2003? December 30, 2002link