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‘Black Warrant’ review: Grim show about Tihar jailers rarely lets up
‘Sangeet Manapmaan’ review: This period musical could have been an album
How laws against ‘magical healing’ are being used to target church workers in Assam
SC halts execution of Sambhal civic body notice about well near mosque
India’s passport ranking drops to 85 among 199 countries
How the H-1B visa changed American food culture forever
Supreme Court blocks felling of trees in Mumbai’s Aarey without its permission
From the memoir: As a native and tourist, an economist travels through Sri Lanka’s past and present
Why the BJP is here for the long haul – and the Opposition is still flailing
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Why India should switch to a US-like presidential system
Bhanu Dhamija
· Nov 04, 2020 · 06:30 am
Amartya Sen: ‘World is facing pandemic of authoritarianism’
Amartya Sen
· Nov 01, 2020 · 06:30 am
BJP now closely resembles a ‘typical governing party in an autocracy’, claims a new study
Scroll Staff
· Oct 29, 2020 · 08:30 am
‘I don’t think everybody should be allowed to vote’: Actor Vijay Deverakonda in interview outtake
Scroll Staff
· Oct 10, 2020 · 11:02 am
Eco India: How Gandhi's idea of Swaraj is inspiring communities to take charge of their environment
Scroll Staff
· Oct 02, 2020 · 09:05 am
Is this the right time for India to debate swapping its parliamentary system for a presidential one?
Sarath Pillai
· Sep 14, 2020 · 07:30 am
Criticism makes India’s democracy strong, says PM Narendra Modi
Scroll Staff
· Sep 08, 2020 · 04:55 pm
The two largest democracies in the world are the sickest now
Pranab Bardhan
· Aug 24, 2020 · 09:00 am
‘Understanding today’s democracy capture requires rewriting democratic theory’: Yogendra Yadav
Yogendra Yadav
· Aug 17, 2020 · 08:30 am
Rajasthan crisis: Ashok Gehlot tells MLAs to ‘stand with the truth’ during trust vote
Scroll Staff
· Aug 09, 2020 · 04:05 pm
Can nationalism co-exist with democratic values? This book seeks a moderate position to enable this
Kshirin Rao Eshwara
· Jul 04, 2020 · 08:30 am
In 2018, Bangladesh used brute force to quell student protests. It’s time to address official lapses
Adam Shapiro
· Jun 13, 2020 · 07:30 am
Why India’s NGOs don’t question politics and power any more
Amitabh Behar
· Jun 01, 2020 · 01:30 pm
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
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