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Saturday, December 20, 2025
TopicDemocracy

Topic: Democracy

India & Pakistan have established ‘English rule without the Englishman’

By enforcing colonial-era laws & using technology for illiberal causes, India and Pakistan are no different from the British when it comes to quashing dissent.

This election is not a level-playing field

A free and fair election gives all parties equal opportunities. This Lok Sabha election is not one such.

Future of democracy is literally in India’s hands — through smartphones

The smartphone is dramatically reconfiguring human character in India, and the long-term consequences for the country’s fragile democracy.

From India to Israel, laws are chipping away at democracy around the world

Experts no longer debate whether democracy is imperilled, but by how much and whether it’s reversible.

Is it good for Indian democracy when artistes, celebs & economists endorse parties as groups?

Nine hundred artistes including Vivek Oberoi and Shankar Mahadevan have appealed to Indians to vote for PM Narendra Modi.

The Indian govt should know that internet shutdowns don’t work

In India, there were 154 internet shutdowns between January 2016 and May 2018. This is the most of any country in the world.

Forty years on from the Iranian Revolution, could the country be at risk of another one?

There are doubts on whether the Islamic Republic can survive the dire circumstances it's currently facing.

Why there has been no big social unrest in India to reflect inadequate job growth

Economic growth, migration & democracy are limiting the unrest that might have otherwise occurred in India.

With 3 pillars of democracy falling apart, it’s time to read the Constitution once again

Constitution-framers wanted these three wings to function independently, with clearly defined separation of powers.

India’s founders gave us our Constitution. We must prove to them that we can keep it

Indian Constitution is the sole flower in South Asia’s constitutional graveyard.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.