If moves like SIR and gerrymandering are made all over the country, India will have elections and it will not be a full-fledged dictatorship. But it will not be a democracy either.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
This is the transcript of CutTheClutter Episode 1755, published on 12 November 2025, explaining significance of 27th Amendment to Pakistan's Constitution.
Elected on a program of Right-wing populism, Yoon stoked militarism to consolidate power. His opponent was repeatedly prosecuted. South Korea’s past, it seems, wasn’t quite past.
Dhruv Rathee’s viral video asks if India is becoming a dictatorship. The problem is that it is an over-stylised description that lets the present govt off the hook.
Suresh Triveni’s Netflix film wants viewers to believe that a sleeveless blouse attracts judgement in an urban neighbourhood today. Have we all time-travelled to the 1970s?
Difficult to assess any substantial impact of price hike as Saudi Contract Price benchmark for LPG continues to remain elevated due to strong demand, says a senior official.
Defence minister helmed a review meeting of HAL projects which was attended by CDS Gen N S Raja Subramani, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh, CMD of HAL Ravi Kota and others.
The central curse of our urban governance isn’t that more voters live in these slummified villages. It’s that the political class panders to them instead of improving their quality of life.
If competitive authoritarianism means – although elections are regularly held, incumbents routinely abuse state resources, … harass opposition candidates and their supporters and manipulate election results, Mamta banerjee had already championed it and used it to stay in power.
Despair sometimes of the Opposition. The Congress should be in the forefront. Possess the sagacity and magnanimity to fuse disparate political parties into a cohesive, election winning alternative. See how long they took to do the right thing in declaring the CM of Kerala. How poorly they deal with succession and legitimate political rivalries in Punjab, Rajasthan, Karnataka.
So going by this Brown uni guy, there should not be any revision of electoral rolls!!? The fact that there was mass infiltration by Bangladeshis (facilitated by Mamta banergee) and extreme violence by TMC cadres has been completely ignored by this Prof! See the open threats by Mamta Banergees nephew. So buddy wake up and now focus on gerrymandering in the US which deny you the vote
If competitive authoritarianism means – although elections are regularly held, incumbents routinely abuse state resources, … harass opposition candidates and their supporters and manipulate election results, Mamta banerjee had already championed it and used it to stay in power.
Despair sometimes of the Opposition. The Congress should be in the forefront. Possess the sagacity and magnanimity to fuse disparate political parties into a cohesive, election winning alternative. See how long they took to do the right thing in declaring the CM of Kerala. How poorly they deal with succession and legitimate political rivalries in Punjab, Rajasthan, Karnataka.
So going by this Brown uni guy, there should not be any revision of electoral rolls!!? The fact that there was mass infiltration by Bangladeshis (facilitated by Mamta banergee) and extreme violence by TMC cadres has been completely ignored by this Prof! See the open threats by Mamta Banergees nephew. So buddy wake up and now focus on gerrymandering in the US which deny you the vote