Democracy
AA Edit: Make laws easier to understand
No law is perfect
Farrukh Dhondy | As King Charles III crowned, thoughts about democracy and its alternatives
Millions all over the world will watch as the BBC covers hours of march pasts by troops
Anand K. Sahay | Signs of churn in India, but is nation’s mood changing?
Political perversions abound in a hot-air democracy; media silence is the butt of jokes shared on smartphones around the country
Mohan Guruswamy | What kind of society are we, how much of a democracy?
We were always a hybrid democracy, direct democracy at the local levels and representative democracy at the regional and national levels.
AA Edit | Let the West criticise, India needn’t be so oversensitive
We need to become more engaged with voices of dissent
Pavan Varma | Liberty key element in alchemy of democracy
History carries important lessons that we can forget only at our own peril
AA Edit | It’s up to Indians to protect our democracy, not outsiders
Leaders of democratic nations, including India, have repeatedly averred that democracy is a shared value.
AA Edit | Mr Gandhi: Indians will preserve democracy
Mr Gandhi has been voicing his concern about the brutal attack on the structures of Indian democracy
AA Edit | Free speech paramount, leaders’ discretion must
Leaders must behave based on realisation that their words could trigger unacceptable actions by their followers
AA Edit | Mum’s not the word in House
A fair bit of dissent and demonstrativeness is part of the package that defines democracy, especially a loud one like India