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Saturday, December 20, 2025
TopicDemocracy

Topic: Democracy

India ‘largest flailing democracy’, says Hamid Ansari, talks of ‘growing authoritarianism’ globally

Former V-P was talking at launch of book by ex-law & justice minister Ashwani Kumar. Ansari described it as a 'set of writings depicting a contemporary vision of our democracy'.

Nepal’s politicians are hiding a democratic deficit. Look beyond the elections.

In 'Nepal', Lok Raj Baral unpacks the idea and practice of democracy in the South Asian nation, disentangling the tensions and balances between representation and governance.

‘Limited democracy in order to save liberalism’ — Chinese scholar Bai Tongdong bats for Confucian ideas

Speaking at 15th Giri Deshingkar Memorial Lecture, Bai highlighted 4 purported problems of democracy & how a hybrid democratic-meritocratic model could be better for long-term governance.

1947 & 2047—former judge AP Shah returns to history, Gandhian era to fix India’s future

AP Shah was once in love with Savarkar's poetry and his grandfather was the president of the Hindu Mahasabha. Today, he laments the rise of Hindutva politics.

Democracy cannot be about disruption, disturbance, says Vice President Dhankhar at Jamia convocation

Addressing students at Jamia Millia Islamia, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said education is important for the growth of society & asked the youth to empower themselves.

SubscriberWrites: Is India ready? A recurring question

It is because of this very unfounded self doubt, India has been labeled a 'laggard democracy,' & China, Japan, Korea etc sped past us in the decades after the end of WWII.

Ancient Greek democracy kept ‘ruthless narcissists’ at bay. Here’s what world can learn from it

The ancient Athenians were very aware of the danger of unsuitable personalities attaining power.

Nehru was the patron, not architect of economic ideas. He had to take on complex negotiations

Popular discourse on Nehru’s premiership varies from hagiographic to critical, and has been reduced to slogans. India’s post-independent history is far more nuanced.

SubscriberWrites: Symbolism is important, especially in a diverse democracy

While real action on ground for inclusiveness is the key, until we get there—which is a long way off—symbolic show of inclusiveness is the key.

Decentralized criticism in democracy

To delegate the power at lower levels from the upper levels, empowers people. But successful implementation requires honest candidates to be elected by people at various levels.

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.