India’s “flawed” democracy and the colonial legacy
It is time for India and Asia to recognize that Western criticism which may sometimes hold a mirror, can often be a legacy of…
22 April 2021
Democracy
Secular and Democratic are the two most abused terms in Indian Constitution
In this galaxy of Secular abusers, Congress Party is not the only one. Almost all parties from Left to Left-Centre to Right-Centre are no…
15 April 2021
Sedition law: aye, nay
Given the legal opinion and the views of the government in favour of the law, it is unlikely that Section 124A will be scrapped…
26 March 2021
लोकतंत्र, अमेरिका और सत्ता परिवर्तन
प्रशासकों को जवाबदेह होना होगा जिनकी असफलता देश की शर्मिंदगी का सबब बन जाती है, जिनके लिए हवाई यात्रा और तमाम सुविधाए मुफ्त हैं…
17 January 2021
Why are we (farmers) not interested in solutions anymore?
As the official talks between the govt and farmers' representatives went ahead, things started to unfold. Some of the protesters wished for the death…
14 January 2021
Doomsday and damaged democracy
The largest democracy, India, witnessed doomsday on June 25, 1975, when the democracy was crushed by India’s PM Indira Gandhi by declaring emergency, &…
11 January 2021
Some curbs are need of the hour to save democracy
Often it so happened that Governments which wanted to make democracy relevant and thriving found themselves handicapped by the very edicts of the democracy…
11 January 2021
असली गांधी और नकली गांधी का आंतरिक लोकतंत्र
वर्तमान की भाजपा के संगठन को देखे तो यह अतीत की कांग्रेस वाले लोकतंत्र को अपनाये हुए प्रत्येक कार्यकर्ता का सम्मान करती है, इसी…
14 December 2020
Repeal the law, not reform
Without developing new markets for the more dynamic lines of activity, agriculture, farmers and the economy will be stuck with a slow-moving cereal economy.
14 December 2020
अमेरिकी-बिहार चुनाव
सत्ता परिवर्तन लोकतंत्र को जिंदा रखता है और भारत में तो चुनावी प्रक्रिया और खास तौर पर ईवीएम को भी सही साबित करता रहता…
9 November 2020