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Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy
Majoritarianism that plagues India and many other democracies is the perversion of Dr. Ambedkar’s idea of democracy. While Dr. Ambedkar’s definition of democracy lays stress on effective and proportionate representation and safeguarding minority rights, majoritarianism is the dominance of a particular religious community, caste group, or racial group over the rest of the population.
Striving to Promote Democracy: Values of the Constitution
The V Dem observations about India as reported in...
India at the Crossroads: The delimitation exercise and its implications for democracy
With no census having been conducted since 2021 for no explicable reason, the follow-up constitutionally mandated exercise of delimitation will be without foundation; besides, since with each delimitation exercise, the balance of power shifts, a rigid population-based approach, without reforms in fiscal and political decentralisation, risks further centralising authority in the Union government—potentially undermining the very spirit of federalism.
Is India’s unique experiment on people’s democracy with the right to universal franchise being lampooned by a compliant Election Commission?
December 31, 2024Many epithets have been used to describe...
Protect Electoral Democracy, defend the Constitution and the law: Judges to President of India, Chief Justice of India and ECI
In an Open Letter to the President of India, Smt Draupadi Murmu, the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and all his companion of the Supreme Court of India, as well as the Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) and other Election Commissioners (ECs), the retired judges of several high courts have urged an adherence to the strictest constitutional in preserving and protecting India’s electoral democracy
Top US academics, including Amartya Sen, condemn long incarceration of journalists & activists, erosion of Indian democracy
A group of prominent international scholars, academicians, and writers has sounded the alarm over the prolonged incarceration of critics of the BJP government in India; named in the statement are 75 year-old senior journalist and author, Prabir Purkayastha.
India tops list of countries at risk due to misinformation: what does this mean for India’s democracy?
As India grows as a developing power, misinformation and its tendency to lead to violence is an ongoing concern
Elections 2021: Mixed bag for Future of Indian Democracy
Understanding the outcome of the Assembly elections, especially the performance of the BJP
Is Indian Democracy Dying?
The prominent journalist and editor, Shujaat Bukhari was leaving...
Puppet-master RSS is Taking on a More Open Role in the Indian Democracy
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Previously, it was an open secret; now it is...