Democracy Indian Elections 2019: Modi’s first 100 days September 10, 2019 0 Image Credit: Prime Minister of India lays a Wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery by Arlington National Cemetery/Flickr; Licence:…
Asia Political consultants and the changing face of India’s election campaigns August 1, 2019 1 Written By Amogh Dhar Sharma. Image Credit: Stephen Downes/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0 While there can be little doubt that the verdict from the 2019…
Demography Harbingers of democracy May 9, 2019 0 Written by Shubhra Seth and Safa Ameera Rahim. An investment in knowledge pays high dividends for young citizens and it is an important tool for…
Asia Media, money and majoritarianism: The Indian elections 2019 May 8, 2019 0 Written by Nitasha Kaul. Every five years, Indian politics generates a crescendo of competing frenzied passions as nearly a billion eligible voters get their fingers…
Democracy Politicising national security, securitising poverty April 23, 2019 1 Written by Ajay Darshan Behera. Increasingly, electoral campaigning in India has become bereft of debate on the policies and programmes of the political parties in…
Democracy The regional aims to become the new national: The Trinamool in West Bengal April 18, 2019 0 Written by Maidul Islam. West Bengal (WB) is the third largest state in India, with 42 seats in the Lok Sabha after Uttar Pradesh (UP)…
Elections Women and minorities in the Lok Sabha: Intersectionality in the Indian elections April 15, 2019 1 Written by Francesca R. Jensenius. It is well known that women are under-represented in India’s legislative assemblies. The historically marginalised Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled…
Elections Social media, BJP 2.0 and the 2019 general elections in India April 11, 2019 0 Written by Rashmi Singh. With the 2019 general elections hot on its heels, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has finally been forced to reckon…
Caste Caste and its limits in the electoral politics of Tamil Nadu April 3, 2019 0 Written by Vignesh Karthik KR and Jeyannathann Karunanithi. The general perception of caste as determining the winning ability of a candidate in Indian elections is unclear in…
Asia Narendra Modi’s bid for re-election keeps India-Pakistan relations dangerously on the edge March 26, 2019 3 Written by Ashok Swain. On 14 February 2019, a ‘home-grown’ Kashmiri militant killed more than 40 paramilitary soldiers in a suicide attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir.…
