“How the Kashmir siege coincided with my PhD defence and how my parents who were eagerly waiting for it all these years are yet to know that I was awarded a doctorate.”
Tag: democracy
Political Triplets of New Democracy
Donald Trump, Narendra Modi and Boris Johnson bank heavily on hyper-nationalism and identity politics.
Imperialism in a Coffee Cup
Capitalism has evolved new and far more effective ways to plunder than by sending armies to ransack poor countries and butcher their people.
Radical Democratic Education: Lessons From The Past, Hopes For The Future
How do we “mobilise” the past against a reckless present”? By drawing on a rich seam of successful, radical educational visions.
30 Years After The Tiananmen Massacre: The Troubled History of The Goddess of Democracy
When the People’s Liberation Army cleared the protest on June 4, the statue was quickly felled and crushed by tanks. But replicas soon appeared in Hong Kong and other places.
How Can We Meet The “Grand Challenges” Of Our Time Without Bypassing Democracy?
Citizen involvement should not be limited to the definition or prioritisation of challenges.
Fresh Evidence Of Hungary Vote-rigging Raises Concerns Of Fraud In European Elections
Controversial prime minister Viktor Orbán narrowly won a supermajority last year. Now counting officers allege electoral fraud – and show how it could happen again next week.
A Weird Election Campaign In India
Hate speech makes a minority cower even as a vast section of the majority is made to feel insecure and besieged.
You Have Elected An Abhineta, Might As Well Have Elected Amitabh Bachchan: Priyanka Gandhi At Mirzapur
“Modi told you all ‘It’s not wrong to dream’. But it is wrong to lead people on with false hopes and dreams.”
Will Every Criticism of a Judge or The Court Lead to The Call of ‘Judiciary Khatre Mein Hain’?
Harsh Mander had sought CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s recusal from the case on the conditions of detention camps in Assam.
How the World’s Largest Democracy Casts its Ballots
Explaining the equipment and the process by which hundreds of millions of ballots are collected and counted in India.