Beyond the democratic myth: Ayesha Jalal decodes the subcontinent’s Political DNA
Ayesha Jalal, Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995 Ayesha Jalal’s Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective, published in 1995, stands as a seminal intervention in understanding the complex and often contradictory political trajectories of post-colonial India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Esteemed […]
India’s procedural coup: lesson in subversion
In the global vocabulary of political science, the concept of a power grab evokes vivid and unmistakable images: tanks rolling through city streets, presidential palaces being stormed, and generals proclaiming martial law on national television. It is traditionally understood as an event, a violent rupture in the political fabric, an overt and extra-constitutional seizure of […]
