February 3, 2016 The Indian Express
Ashutosh Varshney, professor of political science and international affairs, wrote an op-ed about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his perspective on nationhood, as observed from speeches and actions. Modi has brought Indian nationhood even closer to the jus sanguinis model and nothing suggests this more clearly than the closing remarks of his Wembley speech in London, according to Varshney.
January 27, 2016 The Indian Express
Ashutosh Varshney in The India Express, "Modi has taken this idea much further — in concept, if not in law. He has brought Indian nationhood even closer to the jus sanguinis model. Overseas Indians are part of his idea of India."
December 8, 2015 The Times of India
Ashutosh Varshney and Patrick Heller discuss Modi's newly announced urban plan entitled Smart Cities in the India Times, "Perhaps the most telling evidence of the importance of participation comes from the experience of the poor and less educated in Bangalore. We found that although participation rates overall are low, the poor who do participate get a better quality of life in terms of access to basic infrastructure and services than those who do not participate."
August 4, 2015 The Indian Express
Ashutosh Varshney in The Indian Express, "India is also witnessing yet another feature typical of democracies: election victories alone, however spectacular, cannot sustain political legitimacy."
July 21, 2015 The Times of India
Ashutosh Varshney in the Times of India, "When will India begin its cleansing? Modi had promised to attack corruption in his election campaign. His silence on the conduct of his own party colleagues has to be viewed as hugely paradoxical."
April 29, 2015 Indian Express
Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Director of the Brown-India Initiative Ashutosh Varshney in The Indian Express: "It is well known that most of what lifts the technological base of agriculture and connects it productively to urban opportunities requires public investment — in irrigation, research, seeds, power, transport, schools, skills, etc."
March 27, 2015 The Indian Express
Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Director of the Brown-India Initiative Ashutosh Varshney in The Indian Express: "If the contentions are deeper than outsiders know and there are hidden transcripts of incompatibility and injury, the AAP is heading for a 1969-style Congress split."
February 18, 2015 The Indian Express
In an op-ed in The Indian Express, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Director of the Brown-India Initiative Ashutosh Vashney says: "Whether or not greater power-sharing takes place inside the Modi government, the Delhi results are likely to weaken centralisation within the party."
February 3, 2015 The Indian Express
Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and director of the Brown-India Initiative, in The Indian Express: "One can only hope that the Ukraine crisis does not escalate further. If it does, said Obama in Delhi, the economic costs for Russia will go up further and sanctions will be more comprehensive."
January 27, 2015 The Indian Express
Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and director of the Brown-India Initiative, writes about the new role Obama sees for India as part of his global vision.
January 26, 2015 BBC World Service
Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and director of the Brown-India Initiative, on BBC World Service: "The United States clearly sees india now as a prominent partner in it's global vision."
October 31, 2014
Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and director of the Brown-India Initiative, pens an op-ed about recent incidences of communal rioting in India and the motivation for the political parties involved.
October 15, 2014
Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and director of the Brown-India Initiative, comments on new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invocation of Gandhi as he begins to carve out an image for himself.
September 29, 2014
In the New York Times, Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and director of the Brown-India Initiative, says that much of the world's fascination with India's new prime minister comes from the desire to see India rise again economically.
August 22, 2014
Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and director of the Brown-India Initiative, in an op-ed in The Indian Express, discusses India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and says: "Have the tropes of his vision and strategy started emerging? Let me suggest that pragmatism, as opposed to ideological correctness, is the clearest emerging trope."
July 29, 2014
Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and director of the Brown-India Initiative, spoke to reporters on Friday on the sidelines of Panjab University’s first colloquium lecture held on the campus in the new academic year about new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
May 16, 2014
Ashutosh Varshney, professor of political science and director of the Brown-India Program, comments on the pledge by Narendra Modi, a front-runner in the race for prime minister in India, to clean up the Ganges River. Varshney says that while all would embrace the idea, it wouldn't necessarily get Modi more votes.
April 25, 2014
Ashutosh Varshney, professor of political science, comments on the changes creeping into India's future elections: “A rapidly urbanising India is going to be less accepting of dynasties, more open to new types of candidates.”
April 15, 2014
Director of the Brown-India Initiative Ashutosh Varshney discusses the correlation between opinion polls and results in India’s parliamentary elections in the Financial Times.
February 22, 2014
The Financial Times reviews Brown-India Initiative Director Ashutosh Varshney's new book, Battles Half Won, alongside Capital: A Portrait of Twenty-First Century Delhi, the latest from author Rana Dasgupta, who will be in residence at Watson this spring.