World leaders are using Covid-19 to undermine democracy – and history won’t judge them well for it

Huma Yusuf, Dawn.com

· Mar 25, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Labelling dissent as ‘anti-national’ strikes at the heart of democracy, says Justice Chandrachud

Scroll Staff

· Feb 15, 2020 · 06:41 pm

Why are some democracies happier than others?

Roberto Foa, The Conversation Andrew James Klassen, The Conversation

· Feb 13, 2020 · 08:30 pm

A single vote won’t change much. But here’s why you should still take part in elections

Julia Maskivker, Aeon

· Feb 11, 2020 · 07:30 pm

The Weekend Fix: Why we may be in the fourth crisis of the Indian Republic and nine other reads

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Jan 26, 2020 · 09:20 am

Watch: Journalist Ravish Kumar on why India dropped ten places in the Global Democracy Index 2019

Scroll Staff

· Jan 23, 2020 · 04:53 pm

India slips 10 spots to 51st rank in annual Democracy Index due to ‘erosion of civil liberties’

Scroll Staff

· Jan 22, 2020 · 01:39 pm

Watch: Turkish journalist explains the seven steps of moving from a ‘democracy to dictatorship’

Scroll Staff

· Jan 10, 2020 · 08:16 am

‘Today it is us Muslims, tomorrow Sikhs or Christians?’: Delhi speaks out against the CAA-NRC

Vijayta Lalwani

· Dec 19, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Why secularism is central to a democratic nation (and India is no exception)

Neera Chandhoke

· Dec 17, 2019 · 07:30 am

This is how biased opinion polls are a threat to democracies

Zacharias Maniadis, The Conversation

· Nov 17, 2019 · 08:30 pm

‘Does not tyranny spring from democracy?’ How Plato’s 380 BC philosophy is truer than ever today

Lenin Cavalcanti Guerra, The Conversation

· Nov 14, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Ornit Shani’s ‘How India Became Democratic’ wins the Rs 15-lakh New India Foundation Book prize

Ornit Shani

· Nov 10, 2019 · 07:30 am

Dear Indian liberal, don’t give up hope. Take heart from the Pakistani liberal’s small victories

Pervez Hoodbhoy, Dawn.com

· Oct 22, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Why the 135 voters in this Maharashtra village are boycotting the state elections

Kanchan Srivastava

· Oct 20, 2019 · 01:30 pm

What political defections in Maharashtra reveal about Indian democracy

Supriya Sharma

· Oct 20, 2019 · 09:00 am

What support for Article 370 removal in Haryana reveals about Indian democracy

Supriya Sharma

· Oct 14, 2019 · 09:00 am

Is Indian democracy in crisis? We ask Indians what they think in a new reporting project

Supriya Sharma

· Oct 14, 2019 · 06:30 am

Can these great writers and thinkers help us understand the current political mess around the world?

Michael Hauskeller, The Conversation

· Oct 09, 2019 · 05:30 pm

This book argues that democracy is inherently flawed and advocates a return to its predecessor

Huzaifa Omair Siddiqi

· Sep 29, 2019 · 07:30 am