India among countries classified as ‘repressed’ in global civil ratings report

Non-profit organisation Civicus considered factors like detention of protestors and journalists for categorising countries based on democratic freedom.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 09, 2021 · 08:29 am

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

Casting informed votes is not a heroic, saintly act. It requires minimal effort for most of us.

Julia Maskivker, Aeon

· Feb 11, 2020 · 07:30 pm

A victory for AAP won’t mean a defeat of the BJP’s hate campaign in Delhi. Here’s why

What Aam Aadmi party’s supporters have to say about Shaheen Bagh.

Supriya Sharma

· Feb 06, 2020 · 09:00 am

The shooting down of Flight PS 752 reflects the tragic price of playing the Iranian people

Human error of the sort that resulted in the inadvertent shooting down of the plane is more likely to occur in countries with autocratic structures.

Tabish Khair

· Jan 21, 2020 · 08:30 am

What sedition cases against 10,000 Adivasis in Jharkhand reveals about Indian democracy

An interview with Dayamani Barla, a social activist who is contesting the assembly election from Khunti, the district at the centre of the Pathalgadi movement.

Supriya Sharma

· Nov 20, 2019 · 09:00 am

10,000 people charged with sedition in one Jharkhand district. What does democracy mean here?

Adivasis say they are being hounded for invoking the Constitution to protect their land rights.

Supriya Sharma

· Nov 19, 2019 · 09:00 am

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

As in Athens, anti-elite demagogues in modern democracies are increasingly rising to power riding populist waves fueled not by logic but fear and nationalism.

Lenin Cavalcanti Guerra, The Conversation

· Nov 14, 2019 · 11:30 pm

What political defections in Maharashtra reveal about Indian democracy

When elections are held without a level playing field, democracies run the risk of morphing into competitive authoritarian regimes.

Supriya Sharma

· Oct 20, 2019 · 09:00 am

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

Research in other countries shows polarising politics enables democratically elected leaders to undermine 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

A note on what we hope to find out.

Supriya Sharma

· Oct 14, 2019 · 06:30 am