Democracy
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Year-End Video Special: As more countries hold elections, is the world becoming less democratic?
Scroll Staff
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Once a popular tool for political expression, rock music is fading away in Bangladesh
Mubashar Hasan, The Conversation
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As Brazil results show, democracy is at risk in Latin America
Pia Riggirozzi, The Conversation
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With inflammatory rhetoric and a vague agenda, Jair Bolsonaro wins power in a disillusioned Brazil
Helder Ferreira do Vale, The Conversation
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JV Pawar interview: ‘The government is saying that anyone who supports Dalits will be jailed’
Ajaz Ashraf
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Opinion: 'Maoist plot' letters leaked by police have all the hallmarks of mischievous fabrication
Ajai Sahni
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Modi has drawn many lessons from Indira Gandhi’s Emergency – save one
Ajaz Ashraf
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Robert Mugabe is gone, but Zimbabwe is far from being a democracy
Steven Feldstein, The Conversation
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The bright spot in Pakistan’s flawed elections: The power of rural voters
Shandana Khan Mohmand, The Conversation
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Readers’ comments on ABP news row: ‘This is a modern-day Emergency that people can’t see’
Scroll
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In India (as in the world) liberalism and illiberalism have always gone hand-in-hand
Rudrangshu Mukherjee
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We hope the new government in Pakistan will work to build a terror-free South Asia, says India
Scroll Staff
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Blame politicians, not Mandela, for South Africa’s unfinished business
Matthew Graham, The Conversation
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Have the Americans lost faith in democracy? A survey offers interesting insights
Marc Fleurbaey, The Conversation
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Why is liberalism failing? A new book asking this question sidelines key causes and concerns
Supriya Nair
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Not news: Most of what the UNHRC report on Kashmir says was flagged by Indian press, NGOs, courts
Ipsita Chakravarty
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Video: What would it take for Modi’s simultaneous election dream to become reality?
Shoaib Daniyal
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Fake news, paid news thrive in intellectual passivity – in India, blame it on the education system
Swami Agnivesh Valson Thampu
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A diplomat’s advice to young Indians: Strive to respect alternative points of view
Nirupama Rao
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Why selling their vote is a rational choice for a large segment of voters in India
Ajaz Ashraf