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Anand K. Sahay | Signs of churn in India, but is nations mood changing?

Anand K. Sahay | Signs of churn in India, but is nation's mood...

It was coming but now we can no longer be in doubt that we have, by slow degrees, become a Democracy by Propaganda....

3 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | What kind of society are we, how much of a democracy?

Mohan Guruswamy | What kind of society are we, how much of a...

The test of what kind of a society are we and what kind of a system we have today comes in times of a grave crisis. We...

25 April 2023 1:03 AM IST

Pavan Varma | Liberty key element in alchemy of democracy

Pavan Varma | Liberty key element in alchemy of democracy

It was September 1982. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was on a state visit to the Soviet Union. During her visit, talks...

2 April 2023 12:10 AM IST

DC Edit | Its up to Indians to protect our democracy, not outsiders

DC Edit | It's up to Indians to protect our democracy, not outsiders

Prime Minister Narendra Modi never misses a chance to claim that India is the mother of all democracies; he even goes to...

1 April 2023 12:01 AM IST

AICC leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the Congress 85th Plenary session (Image Source:PTI))

DC Edit | Mr Gandhi: Indians will preserve democracy

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expressing regret in London that democratic parts of the world, including the US and...

9 March 2023 12:56 AM IST

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DC Edit | Free speech paramount, leadersâ€™ discretion must

The Supreme Court’s ruling that additional restrictions cannot be imposed on people’s representatives,...

5 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

View of Parliament House ahead of its Monsoon session in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

DC Edit | Mumâ€™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...

16 July 2022 1:39 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the dedication of KK Patel Super Speciality Hospital at Bhuj in Gujarat, through a video conference, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Separate visions: Modi, Europe & Ukraine...

The Europeans would not go beyond polite words to speak out against China in the context of the India-China conflict and...

4 May 2022 3:10 AM IST

Elections for the 60-member Manipur Assembly are taking place in two phases, that is, February 28 and March 5. (Photo: PTI/File)

DC Edit | Hate talk: Tough line welcome

The incidents of hate speeches targeting a particular community across the country are unacceptable

28 April 2022 12:32 AM IST

The Indian Army deployed over 50,000 soldiers in Ladakh to counter any threat from the Chinese Army. (Representational Photo: AFP)

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 March 2022 12:33 AM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy | Thereâ€™s a price for supporting democracy: Are we...

Not buying Russian gas and oil may cause serious problems there. But then, supporting democracy, even nascent ones,...

12 March 2022 1:23 AM IST

A view of the Lok Sabha on Monday. (PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | Dysfunctional Parl leads to a dysfunctional...

Legislatures and Parliaments, while meant to be self-governing, still are in need of governing

5 Jan 2022 1:23 AM IST