The former Twitter CEO alleges that the Modi government threatened to shut down the social media company if its takedown orders were not enforced. This shows the misuse of executive enforcement power to scuttle free speech and restrict the opposition's ability to mobilise.

This ordinance and the pathologies it exposes are disturbing at so many levels. This critical scrutiny must not be confused by propaganda, or exhausted by the now-normalised routine assaults on democratic sensibility.

The Congress has proved it can win a head-to-head battle with the BJP despite the saffron party using Modi as the headliner of its campaign.

The quotidien use of raids to silence the political opposition restricts political freedom, hurts the rule of law and promotes corruption.

The labelling of journalist Rifat Jawaid as a 'jihadi' and holding Rohingya and Bangladeshi Muslims responsible for riots in Delhi indicate which way the party is headed in the hate-filled political environment.

With a charismatic leader, an ‘alternative governance’ model and an understanding of electioneering in the online age, AAP seems geared to replace the Congress as India’s primary opposition.

The small party’s experiment in direct democracy is one that holds out much promise.

While the Union government and pliant media convince us of a 'security lapse', here's what the Punjab incident really brought out.