Democracy
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Kavita Krishnan: The Left must change course – it is speaking the same language that tyrants do
The idea of multipolarity championed by the Left has become a rallying cry for despots, disguising their war on democracy as a war on imperialism.
Kavita Krishnan
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How to turn a country over to the mob
Stop a marriage, demolish a bus stop, frighten minorities. As the rule of law collapses in India, the whims of Hindu extremists become de facto State policy.
Samar Halarnkar
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The global erosion of democracy has opened up space for China’s authoritarianism to spread
An authoritarian tilt is now starting to epitomise politics in democratic countries, such as the US, India and UK.
Chris Ogden, The Conversation
Trending
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How the Uddhav Thackeray Sena and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi alliance will pose a challenge to the BJP
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How did the Hyderabad Police race against time to recover stolen artefacts from the Nizam’s Museum?
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Aaj Tak says its anchors will report on Budget 2023 suspended from a tower at a height of 160 feet
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India is now the world’s most populous nation – but there’s no reason to be worried
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India’s cough syrup testing regime has a deadly blind spot
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Tale of two Constitutions: As Chile drafts a pluralistic future, some Indians aim for Hindu rashtra
In India, are moving backward from a secular, socialist and democratic republic to one that is majoritarian, unitary and grotesquely unequal.
Anirban Bhattacharya
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India at 75: Championing democracy abroad, hollowing it out at home
Western allies are likely to ignore the country’s transition into an ethnocracy given its role in balancing China.
Indrajit Roy
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India retains ‘partially free’ status for second year in Freedom House’s 2022 report
The report from the US-based NGO attributed BJP government’s ‘discriminatory policies’ and persecution of Muslims for India’s standing in the report.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Indian women’s cricket team take on the ‘Tum Tum’ dance challenge in the dressing room
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‘Journalism is not a crime’: Siddique Kappan after being released on bail after more than two years
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Caught on CCTV: Man steals gorilla statue kept outside a shop
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Watch: Tiger walks freely in tea garden, unbothered when car comes up close
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Watch: Students climb gate to enter exam centre because they were late
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Ex-CJI Venkatachalaiah’s prescription for India: ‘The cure for ills of democracy is more democracy’
Faced with a multitude of crises, the government must lead by example, foster trust in institutions, says MN Venkatachalaiah.
MN Venkatachalaiah
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Report lowering India’s status to ‘partly free’ under Modi is ‘misleading’, says Centre
India lost its status as ‘free’ in Freedom House’s 2021 report.
Scroll Staff
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India loses its status as ‘free’ in Freedom House’s 2021 report
Political rights and civil liberties have worsened since Modi became PM in 2014, and the decline has accelerated since his re-election in 2019, the report said.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Bowing out in style: Soumitra Chatterjee’s late-career gems ‘Bela Seshe’ and ‘Mayurakshi’
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‘Lost’ trailer: Yami Gautam Dhar plays a journalist investigating a disappearance
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‘The Romantics’ trailer: Docuseries pays tribute to the Yash Raj Films legacy
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Film ‘Follower’ crawls inside the mind of a social media troll in Belgaum
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Shah Rukh Khan on ‘Pathaan’ success: ‘Have forgotten those four years in the last four days’
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Why the British developed the idea of impeachment and then abandoned it
In the early 19th century, the British decided impeachment no longer served its purpose. Instead, they found a more effective way to handle a bad leader.
Eliga Gould, The Conversation
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Jay Panda: India’s parliament is paralysed by 19th-century rules
Despite its apparent unwieldiness, India has defied naysayers who doubted the country could hold together at all, let alone as a democracy.
Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda, qz.com