Opinion: Op-ed: Are the people always right?

Ashutosh Varshney | Saturday February 22, 2014

Nothing is a better window to the Aam Aadmi Party's conduct in its 49 days in power than this passage from Arvind Kejriwal's book, "Swaraj".

Opinion: Op-ed: Does it make sense to pulp books?

Ashutosh Varshney | Monday February 17, 2014

So another book has died a premature death in India. Or, has it? To be precise, it is only a half death, for the book's digital edition continues to be available to electronic users. A banned book often generates intensely greater curiosity than a book in normal circulation.

Opinion: Op-ed: How damaging are Narendra Modi's historical lapses?

Ashutosh Varshney | Thursday February 06, 2014

He is not in politics to please the scholar and the historian. He is an ideological trailblazer, seeking to win popular affection.

Opinion: Op-ed: When Rahul Gandhi says he can't alter his ancestry

Ashutosh Varshney | Thursday January 30, 2014

Born in India, Ashutosh Varshney is Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences, Brown University, where he also directs the India Initiative. Previously, he taught at Harvard and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.