For the majority of New Yorkers, coping with rising costs of living generates stress, resentment, and incomprehension. Mamdani's campaign that speaks openly about these pressures and urges bold…
For stronger democracy and federalism, India needs data democratisation. Improved data flow between government levels and open access for all users will enhance policymaking, scrutiny, and evidence-…
Both corporations and states seek to collect data and influence behaviour, driving a symbiotic relationship between capital and the state at the expense of citizens. Promising well-being, predatory…
The far right’s rise globally threatens hard-won democratic institutions and Enlightenment values. To counter this, both liberal democracy and the left must address socio-economic inequality and…
Two Americas exist—“US Jekyll” at home, sympathetic to personal identity claims, and “US Hyde” abroad, ready to sell bombs to uphold sovereignty. Both reject political sovereignty demands,…
Expanding the Lok Sabha proportionally while preserving existing seats & equally distributing Rajya Sabha seats among states could resolve India’s delimitation deadlock without upsetting…
The challenges posed by a delimitation exercise that would result in the North gaining at the expense of the South can be met with a different approach altogether. We could have instead an expansion…
A parliamentary democracy thrives on diverse representation and opinion. The strong leader syndrome of the past decade is antithetical to such a democracy. Coalition governments have historically…
