Indian democracy, one of the largest and most vibrant in the world, faces several challenges that could undermine its stability and inclusiveness. Below are some key threats and potential ways…
It did not come as a big surprise when the V Dem Institute Report 2024 branded India as one of the ‘worst autocratisers’ in the world in recent years. Experiences…
Civitas is an ancient Roman concept which recognizes that a political entity and its citizens are not simply a collection of individuals governed by the rule of law and taken…
Politics is Collective Dynamism Politics is the art or science of effective government. Politics come to include all that concerns with or is involved in guiding and influencing government policy.…
I do not understand why my countrymen are not outraged and disgusted at the current goings-on in our parliament.Elsewhere people would,I am sure,revolt in indignation if things came to such…
Follow the logic. It is straightforward and reality based. 1 ) If you are reading this knowing it’s about promoting peace, you are a decent, kind, admirable person. 2) I…
BOSTON – It should not have come as such a surprise that US voters were largely unmoved by the Democrats’ warnings that Donald Trump poses a grave threat to American…
WARSAW – Donald Trump shocked the world in 2016 when he was elected US president, winning swing states in America’s Rust Belt, including Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, that have traditionally…
Seven Observations On 2024 and What’s Next In 2024, over 2 billion of us voted in national elections. So what have we learned so far this year, in general and…
Democracy is not just voting; it's sustained citizen participation to ensure justice and accountability- Amartya Sen In many Third World countries, democracy has an odd five-year cycle. Election seasons provide…
The advanced capitalist countries—including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, and several Western European nations—have failed to offer their citizens a genuine range of choices in terms of…
Here is an AI-generated Podcast based on the article When light strikes an object the angle of the reflected ray formed at the intersection is the angle of incidence. The…
The theoretically odd experiment of democracy in India often demands a conceptual universe of its own in order to make sense of its proper functioning. The building blocks of this…
Democracy at Risk!: Can We Trust Our Electronic Voting Machines? It is a book (2010, 246 pages) by G. V. L. Narasimha Rao, a senior central leader of BJP and…
Free and fair elections are considered to be the festivals of democracy, where the electorates have the opportunity to choose their leaders from a pool of alternative candidates listed on…
The reality of Western democracy is structured in such a way that it effectively excludes the majority of people from meaningful participation in decision-making processes. While citizens do vote and…
Ever since the results of the elections came out in India, many of my friends and I have celebrated in a subdued way. Nobody stuffed laddus in anybody's mouth, we…
Democracy is not only a product of the struggles of the working classes, but its survival against all odds also depends on the unwavering commitment of the working people. Historically,…
I had a dream on the night before the parliamentary election in Gujarat, May 6, 2024. In the dream, I saw a Dalit woman being warmly welcomed into an affluent…
The foundations of the idea of Indian democracy which came into existence as the Republic of India on January 26, 1950, after a long fought battle of freedom, were quite…
The progress of democracy has been one of the noblest chapters of the history of humanity. When true democracy progresses, this also leads to steadily increasing possibilities for equality and…
Although the Magna Carta typically is depicted as the birth of England’s fight to create democracy, the 13th-century struggle was to establish what would become the House of Lords, not…
by Thomas Klikauer and Danny Antonelli While many of us believe that we live in a democracy – representing the United Nation’s “will of the people”, the “general will”, and…
In the midst of the ongoing democratic fervor across five states, the nation finds itself engulfed in the familiar chaos of rallies, meetings, speeches, and political crossfire. Dignity, decency, and…
The canvas of the theme of the Seminar is too vast and the sub themes of it are too many. It becomes difficult for me to select issues to reflect…
by Sandeep Pandey and Vishwas Bhamburkar The preamble to the Constitution begins with “We, the People”. Thus, the idea that the citizens are the sovereigns, should have been the…
An open letter to Mallikarjun Kharge jee and Rahul Gandhi jee: Dear Sirs, This process can be started with states, particularly from Karnataka, as they and you are mulling over…
I just love it when all the media political pundits and talk show hosts ( News Talk?) throw out that word Democracy. You don't have to go to a ranch…
Background Democracy, a form of people’s rule, requires great responsibility and commitment from the citizen and state. Democracy is an inclusive practice cemented on modern liberal ideals that brings peace…
Youth-led mass mobilisations in recent years have challenged the argument that young people have no interest in politics or democratic processes. Young people displayed a commitment to change and modelled…
The election of a Pradhan in a small village in UP The following account is almost verbatim from what was related to us in a close-group discussion[1]. Given the sensitivity…
Authoritarianism’s Popular Base Inexorably linked to self-identity molded by the social environment, political identity, shaped by social class and the hegemonic culture, largely determines the individual’s participation in the political…
Democracy is all about access to resources, rights, participation in decisions, freedom and the ability to pursue choice. Democracy the world over has been under threat, in recent times. In…
The incidence and frequency of major policy failures has been increasing in some of the major countries of the world , including the USA, UK, Brazil, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India…
We know it’s fashionable to hypothesize that democracy is “dying” in the post-Cold War world. It’s true not only for some of the postcolonial democracies in the Third World, and…
So now we finally know why the Modi govt. has messed up the Farm Bills issue big time: it has advisors like Mr. Kant who no doubt firmly…
An Overview of Systems of Government. H.L. Mencken said the typical American voter was a boob and the system was booboisie. In order to understand the submission “ Democracy is…
Too Much of Democracy has derailed our economic 'growth' says CEO of Niti Ayog, who once professed that ATMs will cease away in the coming years. A 'devotee' of Narendra…
“What is the robbing of the bank compared to the founding of a bank”...BERTOLT BRECHT November 2020 witnessed America affirming that it isn’t just its name that embodies unity but…
“The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the…
We are living in the age of digital era when consumption of politics and political activities are become inevitable because we are all carrying a platform in shape of smartphones…
As people battle with the deadly Coronavirus, the world is sleep walking into an authoritarian future to keep capitalism alive with the help of brute force. The parliamentary and presidential…
If you think that democracy is about 'government of the people by the people and for the people', you are dead wrong, not these days. The way democracy has evolved…
In his book The Rise of Professional Society England since 1880, Harold Perkin wrote: "The 20th century has seen the dissolution of the concept of absolute property. It has been…
Democracy is a product of struggles and sacrifices of the working classes. The October revolution, French revolution in Europe and anti-colonial struggles in Africa, Asia and Americas shaped democracy. The…
0. Preface: Main thrust of this paper lies in justification of Proportional Representation (PR) for all segments of the society at all levels in all spheres of power on the…
Some people are under the impression that democracy and Islam are incompatible. But I don’t see any contradiction between democracy and Islam, as such. Though, I admit, that there is…
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