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Election 2024
Election Commission ushers India to its electoral nadir
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan
Election 2024
Machine’s whim versus people’s will
M.G. Devasahayam
Election 2024 — The Lede
BJP’s subversion of the electoral process and Modi’s communal rhetoric undermine credentials of democracy in India
It is time to use the only democratic weapon people have, the vote, responsibly.
Neera Chandhoke
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Election 2024
How the BJP is failing the OBC test
Desperate to increase vote share while protecting its Hindutva pitch, BJP needs to woo the OBCs. This explains its move to communalise reservation.
Radhika Desai
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Gautam Navlakha’s bail ordeal highlights judicial inconsistencies and systemic flaws
Bail granted to Navlakha, the seventh among the 16 accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, prompts concerns about fair application of legal principles.
V. Venkatesan
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Identity politics, polarisation, and development aspirations mark the electoral battle for Bihar’s Mithilanchal
The numerically high Brahmins and Muslims once voted jointly for the Congress here, but that changed after the Ram temple shilanyas in 1989.
Ismat Ara
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Manoj Bajpayee: ‘Hindi filmmakers should go back to the drawing board’
After COVID, Hindi mainstream cinema is confused, and there is a “desperate attempt to entertain” that was not there before, says the actor.
Trisha Gupta
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The saint, the song, and the social revolution
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Starving and homeless in the UK
The UK might be one of the world’s richest countries, but about 2.5 million of its people depend on food banks. And this is just one crisis.
Arvind Sivaramakrishnan
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Remembering Abu Abraham, the cartoonist who bore witness
“Abu’s World”, an exhibition to commemorate his birth centenary, reminds us that his cartoons will always be ammunition in the war against hatred.
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Neera Chandhoke
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Election 2024
Editor’s Note: The fall of the Election Commission
The watchdog must reclaim its autonomy and backbone to safeguard democracy’s “soft guardrails”.
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Election Commission ushers India to its electoral nadir
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan
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Machine’s whim versus people’s will
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