On CBC's "The Current", I speak about the rise of Narendra Modi and the ongoing general elections in India. [text and audio]

http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2014/04/17/womens-rights-india-election/

My latest, for the Mint, argues against the view that India is in danger of turning "Fascist" under a PM Modi.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/RnwC4bPWtOWxxOa780X2eP/Is-India-about-to-turn-fascist.html

In the FT's Beyond Brics blog, I look at the merits of India's current Westminster system as against a Presidential or PR alternative.

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/03/31/india-elections-should-india-go-presidential/#axzz2xXU8ezYQ

For Cafe Dissensus, I join a distinguished group of writers, each of us offering our take on the upcoming 2014 general elections.

http://cafedissensus.com/2014/03/17/the-shadow-of-2004-hangs-over-the-2014-elections/

My latest "Marginalia" for Business Standard looks at new research on how exit polls influence election outcomes. Timely, I hope!

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-enter-exit-polls-114031700585_1.html

My take on the Doniger book "pulping" controversy in the Mint, February 18, 2014.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/Lgc58R8kUlvDOKl7pyiUoM/Free-speech-and-its-overzealous-defenders.html

In the Business Standard (February 17, 2014), Rupa Subramanya and I argue that incorrect interpretations of elections in 2004 in Andhra Pradesh and at the centre -- wrongly blaming economic reforms -- help explain why there's no true non-sectarian, centre-right party in India today.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-rupa-subramanya-why-no-centre-right-political-party-in-india-today-114021600697_1.html