Politics

Indian Politics: Towards communal consensus?
February 26, 2025 | Prem Singh

Indian Politics: Towards communal consensus?

While out rightly opposing the hard-line Hindutva of the RSS/BJP, scholars of the secular camp refer to the soft...
Delhi assembly elections – People Mandate or political expediency
January 27, 2025 | V K Cherian

Delhi assembly elections – People Mandate or political expediency

“Delhi Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena appealed to the people of Delhi on Sunday (January 26, 2025) to exercise their...
RSS chief faces backlash on independence claim
January 27, 2025 | Maati Maajra

RSS chief faces backlash on independence claim

Mohan Bhagwat's remarks undermine history, freedom fighters, and constitutional ideals; critics demand national...
Voices from the Ground: A Report on the Struggles of Delhi’s Marginalized Communities Amid Delhi State Election Promises
January 14, 2025 | Nunihar

Voices from the Ground: A Report on the Struggles of Delhi’s Marginalized Communities Amid Delhi State Election Promises

The following report provides a detailed account of the on-ground observations made during a visit to various areas in...
Manipur needs a fresh start
June 30, 2024 | Eklavya

Manipur needs a fresh start

When moderate voices are marginalized so completely and effectively as has happened in the North-Eastern state of...
AAP in Delhi losing its high moral ground?
July 11, 2024 | V K Cherian

AAP in Delhi losing its high moral ground?

Aam Admi Party (AAP) came to power in 2014 on a moral high ground of  activism and fight against corruption and after...
Lessons for India from the UK election
July 01, 2024 | Eklavya

Lessons for India from the UK election

Whether the Indian electoral-governance matrix, premised as it is on the British Westminster model, was the appropriate...
Will Andhra and Telegana be BJP’s Southern Delight
June 04, 2024 | M Somasekhar

Will Andhra and Telegana be BJP’s Southern Delight

Like no other time in history, the BJP/NDA led by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is all set to make major inroads into...
Poll 2024: Where Cong is to blame and where it’s not
April 20, 2024 | Eklavya

Poll 2024: Where Cong is to blame and where it’s not

At around this time last year, the Opposition seemed to be in with a fighting chance to stitch together an...
EVMs Disenfrenchises your ‘secret vote’, Why Election Commission of India sitting on ‘Totalizer’?
April 19, 2024 | Binny Yadav

EVMs Disenfrenchises your ‘secret vote’, Why Election Commission of India sitting on ‘Totalizer’?

According to Rajiv Kakria, booths are captured months before the elections in a bloodless swoop without a bullet being...
Wooing minority votes the norm – for all groups in Kerala
April 20, 2024 | Mohan Das Parappurath

Wooing minority votes the norm – for all groups in Kerala

In  Kerala LDF, UDF and NDA make every effort to woo Muslims and Christians But who will win the 'minorities' vote ...
Electoral Bonds: Exposing Political Hypocrisy
April 02, 2024 | Binny Yadav

Electoral Bonds: Exposing Political Hypocrisy

The jinn of electoral bonds is finally out in the public domain with the Election Commission of India (ECI) uploading...
Electoral bonds as a Pandora’s box?
March 05, 2024 | Binny Yadav & V K Cherian

Electoral bonds as a Pandora’s box?

In an expected move the country’s national Bank-State Bank of India, “Citing operational difficulty", has moved the...
Two Governors and a troubled counseling
March 06, 2024 | V K Cherian

Two Governors and a troubled counseling

Governor’s making news have been rare in the past, but in vogue these days, thanks to the deep political nature of...