Indira Gandhi: An iconic woman with an enduring legacy
Indira Gandhi was the first and, to date, only female Prime Minister of India. The kind of woman she was may not be born again. Perhaps not in the next million years!
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The farm battle between the Centre and the State: A legal analysis
The farmers’ welfare and reforms are being used by politicians of either party for their petty vote bank politics. It’s high time we kept the interests of farmers, citizens and national economy at the forefront.
Farm Reform Bills 2020: A Democratic Legislation?
The idea of the bills is to liberalize farm markets hoping it will make the system more efficient and allow for better price realizations.
The Government says shh: No Question Hour!
The Question Hour is seen as a quintessential of direct democracy as this right is guaranteed in Article 75 of our Constitution.
Is the media ready for an open debate?
It is the tension between the promise and the reality of democracy, that provides the space for the intervention of what we call the media.
A Hard Rain Falling: Radicalism in Indian Politics
A baleful feature of contemporary Indian politics is the subjugation of the mind to partisanship in the narrowest sense.
Rethinking Secularism
The Indian version of secularism signified the peaceful co‑ existence of religious communities and a creative interaction between various traditions.
District-level planning for Atmanirbhar Bharat
Self-reliance is simply a process that requires the vital role of local bodies, and that entails their engagement from the stage of need-mapping to choosing development schemes and implementing the same
Indian federalism and the changing times
The framers of the Constituent Assembly had envisioned a ‘Strong Centre but not weak states.’ In an era of ‘cooperative federalism,’ states are to be the partners in nation-building. Leadership and well as policy implementation seem to be the foundation of federal dynamics during any crisis of such massive proportion.
Indian Elections- A Celebration of Democracy
However critical many Indians may feel about the viability of elections in India, it has proved to be a potent weapon for empowering the voiceless and bringing about remarkable changes in the country and the lives of millions.
Democracy fails where political ignorance is bliss
“The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” Winston Churchill If someone asks you, “What do you understand by the word democracy?” what will you answer? Most of us answer, saying, “Why? I have the power to vote in my country, and that is my democratic right.” Well, my question…
My experiences with the Indian national flag
A flag is a necessity for all nations. Millions have died for it. It is no doubt a kind of idolatry which would be a sin to destroy Gandhi Earlier in May an year ago, travelling from Bangalore to Srinagar, I planned to visit Amritsar, Amritsar is a holy city, for Sikhs, famous for its…
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