Just Another Election
Past elections have shown that efforts to manipulate votes do not always succeed. The citizenry has thrown out unpopular governments.
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Europe needs a healing touch
The recent spate of terror attacks in Europe highlight a highly fragile relationship between European secularism and Islam. There is an urgent need to address the issue.
The economics of Indian electoral politics
While our democracy has been a savior many times, it sadly won’t be able to continue so, at this rate, as it’s losing its credibility on many counts. But, it’s not just about India; it’s about humanity as a whole and the phenomenon of democracy and elections
Assessing socio-economic and political approach of Indira Gandhi
The 20 point program, Emergency, Bangladesh LIberation War, Garibi Hatao are some of the events Indira Gandhi is remembered for.
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!
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
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