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Shreya Roy Chowdhury
Shreya Roy Chowdhury is a Scroll.in staffer.
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‘Blaming teachers isn’t a solution’: Niti Aayog adviser on a ‘theory of change’ to improve education
Alok Kumar discusses the think tank’s effort to help states make their school systems more effective.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Data check: Would anti-BJP parties have done better if the Congress had sewn up more alliances?
Scroll.in looked at five states – Assam, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra and UP – to see if anti-BJP votes could have come together better.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan, Shreya Roy Chowdhury & Ipsita Chakravarty
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2019 results: Why the BJP’s sweep in Haryana marks the end of an era
It signals the waning influence of the Jats, who ruled the state for four decades until 2014, specifically Hooda and Chautala families.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
Trending
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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Seven firms that failed drug quality tests gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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Modi government’s insurance scheme pushes hospitals into debt – threatening patient admissions
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Election Commission is under a cloud in India – but its expertise is much in demand around the globe
Set up in 2011, the EC’s India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management has trained officials from over 30 countries to hold polls.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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The Silent Army: 10 reasons why public trust in the Election Commission stands eroded
A series of questionable decisions, and dissent by one of the three top poll body officials, have cast a long shadow over the 2019 general elections.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury & Mridula Chari
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The Silent Army: How EC accountants try to track poll expenses with rate lists and shadow registers
But even they are sceptical about the poll body’s ability to trace all the money that goes into a campaign.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
Video
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Watch: At 123 feet, this dosa made in Bengaluru is the longest in the world
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Watch: Stampede-like situation at a temple in UP as lakhs of devotees visit for pre-Holi festivities
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Watch: Major pipeline ruptured in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, sending jets of water in the air
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Caught on camera: Container ship hits and knocks down gantry cranes while docking at a Turkey port
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Watch: Temple in Kochi gets a mechanical elephant to perform prayer rituals
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The Silent Army: For two lakh CRPF jawans, election time means a discovery of India
There is some sightseeing along the way, some photography.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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The Election Fix: Have BJP’s attempts to solve India’s education problems done more harm than good?
The government’s piecemeal efforts over the last five years have ensured that the challenge to educate India’s huge youth population remains unaddressed.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury & Nithya Subramanian
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Government jobs, Jat agitation, split in a state party are helping BJP in Haryana
In 2016, non-Jats were angry with the BJP for failing to control violence during the Jat agitation. But they are sympathetic to the ruling party now.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
The Reel
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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’
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In the shadow of Gurugram, one of India’s most backward districts votes without hope
Its residents believe that the area has been neglected by successive governments because it is a Muslim-majority district.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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The Silent Army: When it comes to monitoring parties’ social media campaigns, EC guidelines flounder
The poll body still has no realistic method to track model code of conduct violations on social media.
Mridula Chari & Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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The Silent Army: Meet the intimidators who are briefly banished during the polls
But people so labelled deeply resent that label.
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The Field
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Archery: Deepika Kumari tops national selection trials for World Cup Stage 1 and 2
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Commonwealth Games: Malaysia to consider hosting a downsized edition in 2026; Singapore also in fray
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WPL 2024: From captain Meg Lanning to rising star Shreyanka Patil – The Field’s team of the season
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Wrestling: IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee; elected body to take charge of national federation
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Hockey: Harmanpreet Singh to lead 27-member Indian squad for Australia tour