Manjari Katju

Manjari Katju

Manjari Katju teaches political science at the University of Hyderabad. She is the author of Electoral Practice and the Election Commission of India: Politics, Institutions and Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2023).

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Down a Devious and Dangerous Road

An analysis of Hindutva popular culture in the small towns of north India explores its performers, audiences, and the resources supporting it. Seemingly simple songs by ordinary people fuel powerful…
▶28-Feb-2024
Manjari Katju
Explainer

One Nation, One Election: What will its Implementation Mean?

Simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies will violate the principle of collective responsibility and will crush the federal ethos on which Indian parliamentary democracy is based.
▶04-Oct-2023
Manjari Katju
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Book Review

Different Dimensions of a Nation

The idea of a nation state based on ethnicity could easily change into a predatory state that flourishes by calling for the extinction of the ‘other’. Such an exclusivist state could turn upon itself…
▶24-Apr-2023
Manjari Katju
Review

The Shaky Future of Citizenship

"In India, a birth-based model of citizenship is being cast off in favour of an ethnic and singular model. The civic all-encompassing idea of the nation and citizenship is giving way to a Hindu…
▶15-Feb-2022
Manjari Katju

Elections, Populism and the ‘Supreme Leader’

The structure of a democracy has elements that can enable the rise of a strong political executive. We are now witnessing many elected leaders across the world draw upon ‘people’s will’ &…
▶27-Jan-2021
Manjari Katju

Election Campaigning in a Transformed India

The Lok Sabha elections of 2019 are being held in a country that is very different from what it was in 2009 and 2014. What are political parties offering the new electorate? What will the outcome…
▶07-May-2019
Manjari Katju