September 12, 2013, Talk at IIC, New Delhi Speaker: Trilochan Sastry, Professor IIM Bangalore, and Chairman, Association for Democratic Reforms Chair: Ramachandra Guha Discussant: N. Gopalaswami, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos. – M.K. […]
Elections are on us. We are all involved in the hustle and bustle of the election. While all political parties are in high gear convincing, even enticing voters to vote for them, the major question that is asked most often by voters is: Whom do I vote for? Actually it is not correct for any […]
Attempted murder, waging war on the state, criminal intimidation and fraud are some of the charges on the rap sheets of ministers Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed to the cabinet on Sunday, jarring with his pledge to clean up politics. Seven of 21 new ministers face prosecution, taking the total in the 66-member cabinet to […]
Sharad Bailur’s ‘In Defence of Assertive Secularism’ and Seema Chishti’s ‘The Shoaib effect and Indian Muslims’ have a common thread: the intersection of religion, secularism and politics.
As campaigning in Maharashtra, Haryana begins, parties are back to promises. How will voters choose? It was one year ago that India’s parliament passed the landmark Food Security Act legislation, the Right to Food. The FSA guarantees subsidized rice, wheat and coarse cereals to 75 per cent of rural, and 50 per cent of urban […]
चुनाव और उसका भ्रष्टाचार, अन्याय, धनबल की ताकत और तानाशाही और प्रशासन की अक्षमता, जीवन को नर्क बना देगी।
