Parliament, which represents the ‘will of the people’, must take up the issue in all seriousness, debate it at depth and find an abiding solution.

The ‘bombs’ being talked about are high explosive ammunition fired from 51 mm mortars which are area, targeted and anti-personnel weapons.

Over the years, under a repressive government, we have let mediocrity take over by weakening institutions. Mediocrity could trickle down, prosper at home, occupy vantage positions and rot governance but cannot stand up to international competition. This is what has happened to sports as well. 

Sardar Patel was right in banning the RSS in 1948, which was responsible for violence during the Partition and assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The communal outfit propagates the same hatred and violence to this day.

Once the Civil Service gets muddied and corrupted, there is little hope for the Union, states and the citizens. Let the Puja Khedkar case be a shake-up call for the Civil Service, the Government of India and the UPSC. New India cannot afford such ‘Karmayogis’!

While Narendra Modi and his supporters rightly denounce Indira Gandhi's Emergency, they continue to create an atmosphere of fear, silence and repression which is far more long-lasting.

The flurry of violations coupled with total blocking of end-to-end verifiability leads one to believe that General Election-2024 has been conducted with lies clothed in truth.

The ECI is taking cover behind “one of the laziest judgments” of the Supreme Court and is indulging in concealment that could seriously impact the integrity of the 2024 election outcome. 

India’s electoral process goes through several stages – notification, nomination, campaigning, polling, transportation, storage, counting, and declaration of results. Notification is done by the EC and candidates do the campaigning. And it is the ROs who carry out the rest.

India’s electoral process goes through several stages – notification, nomination, campaigning, polling, transportation, storage, counting, and declaration of results. Notification is done by the EC and candidates do the campaigning. And it is the ROs who carry out the rest.

Amongst a significant section of citizens, there is deep and widely felt anxiety, now openly on display about the referee’s role in the ongoing election for the 18th Lok Sabha.

That things have come to such a sorry pass is a travesty for India’s electoral democracy.

The recent snub against EVM doubters by chief election commissioner that it is 'wrong to blame EVMs for your unfulfilled desires' expose CEC’s ignorance of the basic concept of elections and democracy.

NHRC office-bearers are handpicked to ensure that the charter of human rights remains merely on paper. Although meant to protect the citizens, the rights body has instead resorted to covering the government's violations. 

Public trust in electronic voting machines has never been lower than it is today and there's a good reason why.

As evident from the 'Not in Our Name' campaign, which has drawn over 3,200 signatures, a vast majority of Christians are hurt by the display of cult-sycophancy.

Public demand for this in a resolution was initiated by civil society in August because ECI’s intention and capacity to hold free and fair elections as per its constitutional mandate has been fading fast.

The BJP secured victories in three states and the Congress in one. However, the Congress garnered more votes than the BJP. A critical examination of the electoral landscape reveals intriguing disparities.

A near ten-fold increase in the size of the economy and per-capita GDP is being projected to be achieved in the next 25 years in the backdrop of poverty, hunger and unemployment.

As India enters the platinum year of the ratification of its constitution on November 26, the precious gift of democracy is fast diminishing and is being replaced with the notion of 'Hindu Rashtra'.