India’s democratic drift was analysed threadbare at the launch of The Dismantling of India’s Democracy: 1947-2025 by senior journalist Prem Shankar Jha.
People who say India should be a Hindu Rashtra need to take a long, hard look at Nepal. Although a secular country, Nepal's population is overwhelmingly Hindu and yet it has made no difference to its stability.
The Election Commission sees no reason to take the Opposition's 'vote chori' complaints seriously. 'How dare you?' is not how a sincere and honest guardian of the Constitution would respond.
The Election Commission's arrogant functioning and its failure to ensure the integrity and fairness of elections could well be the undoing of India’s electoral democracy.
OpenAI and Meta reports show tools of disinformation have been employed not only to delegitimise the Indian general election but also to foment disaffection against the Modi government.
What do Indians want in a democracy? Quick and decisive action that may not have political consensus or frustratingly slow decision-making that endures long after the decision is made?
To have a real impact in the current system, you are better off holding the government to account through means that fall under the umbrella of free speech in a democracy.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
This scum, aka Injustice Ganguly, was a known judicial trojan horse, whose agenda was clear to a lot of people, because of his improper conduct from day 1 in dispensing his own duties, and his inherent bias. What this fails to mention, is that this b@st*** also excused and justified his BJP ilk, and kin, Suvendu Adhikari, the known goon, who was caught taking money in front of camera in the Narada scam. Of course birds of a feather flock together
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This scum, aka Injustice Ganguly, was a known judicial trojan horse, whose agenda was clear to a lot of people, because of his improper conduct from day 1 in dispensing his own duties, and his inherent bias. What this fails to mention, is that this b@st*** also excused and justified his BJP ilk, and kin, Suvendu Adhikari, the known goon, who was caught taking money in front of camera in the Narada scam. Of course birds of a feather flock together
Did justice Thipsay join congress? Did justice Hegde join a political party? How come you are so ignorant??
As it is, difficult now to think of judgments like cancellation of coal blocks or telecom licences being delivered. Nothing profoundly consequential.