Politics

Why are Democracies Caving In?

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…
▶06-Jan-2025
Satish B. Agnihotri

2025: Whither Democracy?

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…
▶02-Jan-2025
Alok Sheel

Mexico's New Scientist President May Not Be Able to Save the Country

Mexico’s new President, Claudia Sheinbaum, an energy engineer and climate scientist, faces huge challenges. Yet, she has so far largely stuck to her predecessor Lopez Obrador’s politicised policies.…
▶02-Dec-2024
Joy Langston

BRICS’s Bandung Moment

As a rush of countries seek to join BRICS, can it become the voice of the Global South by rediscovering the spirit of Bandung 1955? And can and will India lead the Global South in BRICS by…
▶26-Feb-2024
K. N. Hari Kumar

Who is Indigenous in Assam? Politics in the Vernacular

Claims to Indigenity in Assam are usually treated with sympathy. The exceptions, though, tell their own story.
▶07-Feb-2023
Sanjib Baruah

Was India the Mother of Democracy?

There are claims that the roots of democratic institutions can be found in ancient India. Studies have shown that such institutions have existed not only in India but also in other parts of the world…
▶06-Feb-2023
Sumit Guha

Migrants and Minorities in Ceylon: Lessons for the Present

Sri Lankan politics bears the mark of a century of anti-Tamil policies. A majoritarian outlook has helped Sinhalese groups gain power, grow corrupt and weaken democracy.
▶03-Nov-2022
Ritesh Kumar Jaiswal

Nitish Kumar's New Innings: What's in it for Bihar?

Nitish Kumar has had no inhibitions in swapping allies in order to remain atop Bihar as 'Mr Good Governance'. But can he reverse the rot in the state?
▶23-Aug-2022
Apoorvanand

What Went Wrong with the Samajwadi Party and What Should it do Now?

Akhilesh Yadav and the SP have paid the price for going into a shell after the 2017 defeat in the Uttar Pradesh elections. The party needs to be on the streets as it used to earlier and it needs to…
▶20-Apr-2022
Radhika Ramaseshan

The End of a Political Model in Uttar Pradesh

The BSP’s strategy of combining a core base with moneyed candidates no longer works in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP has crafted a new winning formula that uses only elements of this old model.
▶05-Apr-2022
Gilles Verniers