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Topic: Sukumar Sen

ECI founder Sukumar Sen was unsung hero of Indian democracy who could make Nehru wait

Anil Maheshwari -
In 'Power of the Ballot', authors Anil and Vipul Maheshwari talk about the contribution of ECI founder Sukumar Sen to the idea of democracy in India.

Guha on ‘harmoniser’ Gandhi, Lavasa calls India’s first elections ‘fateful experiment’

Revathi Krishnan -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

‘Democracy thrives on listening…’ — full text of Pranab Mukherjee speech at Sen lecture

ThePrint Team -
Free, fair, popular and credible elections are life blood of democracy, Pranab Mukherjee said at inaugural Sukumar Sen Memorial Lecture Thursday. Read his full speech.

As EVMs are debated, this is how the ballot box was made for India’s first 1952 election

Shweta Jadhav -
It took over 50 specimens and prototypes to reach that one technically acceptable and economically viable version of a ballot box. 

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Opinion

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

Deepali Bhardwaj -
The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Ahmedabad’s Calico Museum took away my phone. And then something magical happened

Ramayana and Mahabharata acts, dance forms breathe life into sculptures: Scholar Kapila Vatsyayan

Economy

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

Sampurna Panigrahi -
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Defence

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

Javaria Rana -
A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

National Interest

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Shekhar Gupta -
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.

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