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Mnangagwa inherits a southern African nation that once was prosperous but now struggles amid a severe cash shortage and high unemployment. (Photo: AP)

Zimbabwe's new president Emmerson Mnangagwa promises era of democracy

Few international leaders are urging Zimbabwe's new prez to deliver on his promises of inclusiveness, economic reform,...

25 Nov 2017 12:08 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked if the BJP wants to listen to peoples secrets. (Photo: ANI)

Oppn should work together to save democracy, says Mamata

She accuses the NDA government of trying to halt the developmental process in her state.

24 Nov 2017 6:53 PM IST

Singh said social harmony and development would be in danger the day the population of the majority community starts decreasing. (Photo: PTI/File)

Democracy 'safe' as long as Hindus remain in majority: Union minister

While population of Muslims has increased considerably in India, the number of Hindus has fallen drastically in Pakistan...

17 Nov 2017 10:32 AM IST

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Nigerian fashion magazine stirs debate about men in skirts

The magazine reflects the growth of a more public debate in some parts of the continent about gender issues.

21 Sept 2017 2:07 PM IST

Deposed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters during a rally in Muridke, Pakistan, on August 12. (Photo: AP)

As Nawaz goes, and keeps quiet, the system' too shuts up

Nawaz with his base in Punjab and mind set on peace with India is a policy-politics threat that would always have to be...

18 Sept 2017 12:11 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first PM, is mentioned in the book. The book, Love in the Time of Emergency, is set during the Emergency period (1975-77) imposed by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

A democracy run by undemocratic leaders?

The ideology of the political class is to eschew ideology on the altar of self-promotion.

10 Sept 2017 12:19 AM IST

The Paradoxical Prime Minister by Shashi Tharoor, Aleph, Rs 799

Our democracy lies in the freedom of our institutions

Every institution that upholds a healthy and vibrant democracy needs to be fostered and cared for by the government of...

28 Oct 2018 12:51 AM IST

Delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture here, he claimed that in the past four years, the countrys national will has been aroused. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

India needs stable govt for next 10 yrs; weak coalitions bad: Ajit...

Unstable regimes are more vulnerable to fragility, corruption, local political interest taking precedence over larger...

25 Oct 2018 6:49 PM IST

Electing Bolsonaro is a self-goal for Brazil

Brazil, by far the biggest country in South America, is the world's fourth largest democracy.

25 Oct 2018 12:31 AM IST

Shift in form of governance could trigger other conflicts

A regime change, unlike a new government, alters the form of governance, eg from autocracy to democracy.

10 Oct 2018 12:08 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP)

Nationalism is eroding democracy

That's a popular drug these days, and all we have to do is look next door at India to see the consequences.

2 Oct 2018 12:25 AM IST

Supreme Court judges (from left) Justice Kurian Joseph, Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Madan Bhimrao Lokur address the media in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: File/AP)

A democracy in peril

The BJP/RSS has deliberately polarised the media, especially television into us media' and them media'.

21 Jan 2018 1:19 AM IST