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Partha S. Ghosh
My Dear America! The Torment of a Disillusioned Fan
06 Nov 2020
Everyone anticipated violence after the election results, yet it could not be prevented. America needs to examine what went wrong.
Shiv Visvanathan
Memory, Orality and Social Contract in Democracy
02 Nov 2020
Orality, although understated, is vital in democratic memory and knowledge.
Hiren Gohain
Protests Vs Law: What is the Future of India’s Parliamentary Democracy?
04 Oct 2020
Protesting is part of the fundamental right to freedom of expression in a democracy and something equally important has to be invoked to tilt the scales against it.
Meena Menon
A Coup De Grâce for Farmers and Agriculture
23 Sep 2020
The perplexing new bills become clear once you realise they are not meant to help farmers but private players with money to invest in contract farming.
Hiren Gohain
Time for Another Extraordinary Press Conference
22 Sep 2020
The flagrant attacks on democratic freedoms have not met with serious resistance in the legislature.
Ramdas Rupavath
For India’s Tribes, Democracy Also Means Resisting Alienation
18 Sep 2020
The present regime wants to accustom people to oppression, including Adivasis, whose votes it needs for a tyranny of the majority.
Hiren Gohain
Culture of Assertion Versus Culture of Discussion
10 Sep 2020
The attacks on dissent are a starting point of despotism, which eventually abolishes freedom of speech.
Subhash Gatade
Has Indian Democracy Been Facebooked?
06 Sep 2020
Those who disagreed that the internet would challenge dictatorships have been proven right.
Hiren Gohain
Of Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
04 Sep 2020
The tendency to conceal vital information and declare rivals enemies of the state is hurting Indian democracy.
Pratik Patnaik
From Jesus to Jayalalithaa: Can the 'Majority' be Wrong?
26 Aug 2020
Is democracy just the rule of the majority, or is it something more than that? The author, a practicing advocate and an ardent believer in constitutionalism, breaks down the puzzle of rule by numbers…