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Can democracy survive the Big Tech onslaught?

Big Tech, in a way unimaginable even a couple of decades ago, today has a stranglehold on information dissemination &...

28 Jan 2022 3:22 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | On secularism, conversion and the nature of religion

The acceptance of democracy as a way of life implies that we accept that we hold certain rights to be inalienable

23 Feb 2022 2:36 AM IST

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