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Democracy
AA Edit | Mum’s not the word in House
A fair bit of dissent and demonstrativeness is part of the package that defines democracy, especially a loud one like India
16 Jul 2022 1:39 AM
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Separate visions: Modi, Europe & Ukraine war
The Europeans would not go beyond polite words to speak out against China in the context of the India-China conflict and confrontation
04 May 2022 4:01 AM
AA Edit | Hate talk: Tough line welcome
The incidents of hate speeches targeting a particular community across the country are unacceptable
28 Apr 2022 12:32 AM
Aakar Patel | Of democracies, dictatorships & transparency
We should consider that India is not a dictatorship and should be using its natural strength as a democracy
29 Mar 2022 12:34 AM
Mohan Guruswamy | Dysfunctional Parl leads to a dysfunctional democracy
Legislatures and Parliaments, while meant to be self-governing, still are in need of governing
05 Jan 2022 1:23 AM
Shikha Mukerjee | In democratic parties, why dissent equals disloyalty?
Respecting the right of party functionaries to speak out, without incurring punishment ought to be the norm rather than the exception
28 Oct 2021 1:01 AM
Patralekha Chatterjee | ‘Tit for tat’ is an attack on rule of law & democracy
Mr Khattar does not stop with advocating 'tit for tat' as a strategy
07 Oct 2021 1:10 AM
Mohan Guruswamy | Liberty and rights for all: Myth of the Magna Carta
Magna Carta came out of an intra-elite struggle between 40 barons and their King
13 Jul 2021 9:11 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Why democracy often turns ugly: Prejudice & hate as Batley votes
The byelection for a Member of Parliament in the Yorkshire constituency of Batley was a paradigm of this ugliness
03 Jul 2021 12:20 AM
Mohan Guruswamy | Modi’s new architecture for govt may hurt India
What should cause us concern is the centrality of the Prime Minister’s residence and office to this new layout
24 Jun 2021 7:03 AM
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why monopoly of power is a threat to democracy
In short, no matter how legitimately political power is acquired, justice demands the balancing factor of an opposition
10 Jun 2021 1:03 AM
Aakar Patel | On Republic Day, time to reclaim our basic rights
None of the rights and liberties that the Constitution saw initially as being “fundamental” are present in the original form today
12 Jan 2021 10:50 AM
Authoritarian regimes are using virus to silence its critics, ex-leaders warn
500 signatories, including more than 60 former leaders, wrote an open letter organised by Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
25 Jun 2020 3:16 PM
Pluralist vs polarised grassroots democracy
Citizenship as a basic identity has had the effect of bringing the politics down to earth.
21 Jan 2020 4:37 AM
The Indian dictionary of acceptable phrases
We have reached the stage in our democracy where a lamp is called a chair, a stool a shirt and a tubelight the sun.
10 Jan 2020 12:14 AM
Committed to preserving values of our Constitution: Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday reiterated the commitment to preserve the values mentioned in the Indian Constitution.
26 Nov 2019 1:58 PM
'Democracy murdered in Maharashtra': Rahul as political drama continues
He made these remarks during Question Hour when Speaker Om Birla told him to ask a supplementary.
25 Nov 2019 11:32 AM
Enrich festival of democracy: PM Modi urges voters to 'turnout in record numbers'
Polling for 90 seats of Haryana and 288 constituencies of Maharashtra began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in the evening.
21 Oct 2019 8:14 AM
Be alive to tyranny dressed as democracy
The BJP had the numbers, and hence the right to pass the law in the manner it wanted.
06 Oct 2019 3:09 AM
Hong Kong protesters aim to 'stress test' airport
The withdrawal was one of the protesters' key demands and both she and Beijing had previously refused to budge on the issue.
07 Sep 2019 12:30 PM
Columns
Most of the recent inductions show that the BJP, which boasts of being the world’s largest party, simply loves deadwood
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, which was due to meet in early September 2022, didn’t appear to offer any hope regarding Ukraine war
The world must, therefore, urgently push Russia to negotiate and accept the fact that Ukraine is, after all, a sovereign nation
We build large monstrosities, testaments to human greed and acquisitiveness, all symbols of human yearning and name them after flowers