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The survey said 81 per cent of people trust the transparency of the current voting process. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Why voters still re-elect govts despite failures on...

This piece is not about the parties and elections but about the voter, and why they vote in the way they do

8 March 2022 3:32 AM IST

Elections for the 60-member Manipur Assembly are taking place in two phases, that is, February 28 and March 5. (Photo: PTI/File)

AA Edit | Bulldozer raj is wrong, laws must be followed

There is a certain irresistible appeal for the frontbenchers amongst the cineaste to whistle at such a Robin Hood...

15 April 2022 12:11 AM IST

The survey said 81 per cent of people trust the transparency of the current voting process. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

Pavan K. Varma | Sans wall against despotism, govt cherrypicking...

In this process, the interests of the State become conterminous with the personal interests of the political leader

3 April 2022 3:23 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the Ideas for India conclave in the United Kingdom. (PTI Photo)

Indian democracy is global public good; if that cracks, it will cause...

Rahul said that there are two different designs of governance at play in India, one that stifles voices and the other...

21 May 2022 12:41 PM IST

The universities were the breeding ground of Opposition ideologies and several seniors in the current crop of leaders had their baptism by fire in that period. (Representational Image/ PTI)

AA Edit | Univs should be open to all ideological discourse

If the universities had ended with being a platform for exchange of ideas, India's course of history would have been...

21 May 2022 12:50 AM IST

Freebies become the fig leaf that corrupt politicians and political parties use to cover their sins of omission and commission while seeking electoral support. (Representational Image/ AP)

AA Edit | Freebies: It's not courts' call

The leading question the judiciary may have entertained is whether any political party would agree to curbs on freebies...

13 Aug 2022 12:16 AM IST

The survey said 81 per cent of people trust the transparency of the current voting process. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | What ails our democracy? Power flows from the top

No party seems without some blame attached it, for this seems to have become the norm these days

19 Dec 2023 2:38 AM IST

The delegation requested Indian High Commissioner to the UK to convey their concerns to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee. (Photo: File)

Special House book put on hold: Sources

Parliament put on hold its ambitious volume to commemorate 70 years of Indian democracy.

17 Dec 2018 6:21 AM IST

Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani. (Photo: File)

Didi should be ruler of Indian democracy, says Ram Jethmalani

Jethmalani to support TMC chief in the task.

17 March 2018 12:52 AM IST

Landmark elections amidst inequality: examining democracys duty beyond the ballot box. (PTI File Image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Inequality and democracy: Can it ensure a...

Amidst the electoral fervor, the stark realities of economic inequality cast a sobering shadow over the celebration of...

28 March 2024 12:04 AM IST

In this Thursday, March 28, 2024 file photo Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal leaves the Rouse Avenue Court where he was produced in the excise policy-linked money laundering case, in New Delhi. A Delhi court Monday sent Kejriwal to judicial custody till April 15. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)

Aakar Patel | With CM in jail, Opposition accounts frozen, election...

Allegations of election rigging raise concerns about the integrity of India's democracy.

2 April 2024 12:05 AM IST

In this photo released by Inter Services Public Relations, the public relations arm of the Pakistani army, newly appointed Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa attends the Change of Command ceremony in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan army chief wants officers to learn from Indian democracy

The almost 300-page book makes for an interesting reading as it details why the democratic process in India has been a...

14 Feb 2017 5:06 PM IST