Need to sharpen teeth
Poll Management Body
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A rude shock was given to the Indian democratic government when the Election Commission of...
Transparency critical
Election Funding
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Supreme Court recently directed all political parties to reveal donations they had received in electoral bonds and the identities of...
Cash is king
Notes=Votes
By Poonam I Kaushish
Heard this week’s flavour amidst our ongoing noisy nautanki of democracy: rajniti is the best dhanda and our netagan’s greatest asset...
Uncovers unholy nexus
NOTA Ballots
By Insaf
The stock market is exactly not an indicator of realities. The sensex is rising even as new issues seem to hit the...
Break in for big two
Tamil Nadu Gamble
By Insaf
Will national parties get space this 2019 election in Tamil Nadu is a million dollar question after ballot boxes were...
Voters have role beyond poll
By Inder Jit
Millions of our voters exercised their franchise yesterday in a majority of the States and Union Territories. Millions more will hopefully cast...
Transparency via secrecy
Electoral Bonds
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court has passed a very important interim order concerning funding of political parties for election. It...
Throttling democractic freedom?
Warning Signals
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In recent days there have been voices of protest from a cross section of society against the policies of the present...
Economic crisis looms
Policy Paralysis
By Shivaji Sarkar
Election time is show time. The minuses are swept under the carpet as rhetoric rules the roost. Manifestos are not necessarily...
Need for quality control
Political Discourse
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former, Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Indian air today is filled with politics of elections. Political discourse dominating all forms of private and public...