Home » democracy

You Searched For "democracy"

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

Deccan default cover image

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

Patralekha Chatterjee | Tit for tat' is an attack on rule of law &...

Mr Khattar does not stop with advocating 'tit for tat' as a strategy

7 Oct 2021 1:05 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Why democracy often turns ugly: Prejudice & hate as...

The byelection for a Member of Parliament in the Yorkshire constituency of Batley was a paradigm of this ugliness

3 July 2021 12:20 AM IST

Gangotri is melting: Will Indians respond with worldâ€™s largest â€˜XRâ€™?

Gangotri is melting: Will Indians respond with worldâ€™s largest...

Hundreds of them have been arrested by the police who are, unlike the police forces of Hong Kong, been benign but firm.

12 Oct 2019 1:02 AM IST

Chess game democracy in the UK?

Chess game democracy in the UK?

The question of democracy and how it should work is the large pachydermous presence in Britain's spaces.

29 Sept 2018 1:51 AM IST

A profound crisis of free market capitalism, which has been channeled by angry rightist populists like US President Donald Trump, is hence central to the worsening image of democracy. (Photo: AP)

Can democracy still deliver in a restless world?

Extreme economic inequality and insecurity for the have-nots have compounded the anger against the unaccountable...

18 Sept 2018 12:27 AM IST

BJP chief Amit Shah calls on Sidharoodha Math seer in Hubballi on Thursday. (Photo:KPN)

Hubballi: Congress trying to throttle democracy, says Amit Shah

The Congress is hatching a conspiracy to divide society on the basis of caste in Karnataka after making similar attempts...

13 April 2018 3:26 AM IST

Actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan during a meeting in Chennai. (Photo: Asian Age/File)

3 anchors of democracy have lost their power

Science provides a generalised model of truth, objectivity, fairness and the need for rituals of experiment to verify...

12 March 2018 12:47 AM IST

Two events in Gujarat polls disturbed the aesthetics of elections. First came the Macwan affair and second the handling of Congress leader Rahul Gandhis visit to the Somnath Temple.

Dividing Lines: When religion trumps citizenship

Two events in Gujarat polls disturbed the aesthetics of elections.

10 Dec 2017 6:29 AM IST