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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicDemocracy

Topic: Democracy

This Asian nation might revive faith in democracy

Malaysia shows that demagoguery doesn’t have to be the inevitable consequence of elite misrule.

India’s smartphone revolution is a phenomenon on the scale of Independence in 1947

BBC fake news study shows democracies must redo internal wiring to survive social media age.

Become a democracy, achieve 20% higher GDP growth: New study

Study by MIT, Columbia, Boston University and University of Chicago researchers shows that democracy outscores China’s authoritarian capitalism.

Good the Supreme Court hasn’t disrupted democratic process

The 50-word Edit — ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

The echo chamber is the enemy of democracy

New Yorker editor's move to withdraw invitation to former White House strategist Steve Bannon has sparked a huge controversy.

India has two legal systems to use when needed: Democratic and dictatorial

Bhima-Koregaon arrests show how Indian Constitution 'guarantees' rights and liberties but also snatches them away.

A lot can go wrong for Indian democracy if court proceedings are streamed live on TV

Live streaming court cases are a major risk in India, especially for sensitive cases like Ayodhya or caste reservation issues

Pakistan is voting this election, that is already a victory

The accusations of manipulation and interference by the military have led a number of citizens to come out in defence of democracy

Is democracy voting itself out in elections?

Once democratic institutions weaken and the only the pretence of elections remain, then democracy in its meaningful form is already gone.

At every stage of election, money matters: Experts on how cash and polls are inseparable

Former chief election commissioner S.Y. Quraishi calls for putting a cap on election expenditures of political parties at South Asia Conclave.

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

India’s inflation figures tell a growth story, a cautiously optimistic one

Based on inflation figures for the last three months, RBI is expected to look for confirmatory evidence that can mark the beginning of a sustained decline in core inflation.

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.