77 Years of Independence of India: A Balance Sheet
On August 15, 2024, India celebrated 77 years of freedom from British Rule, as `Independence Day’. In 1947 the sovereign…
On the concentration of powers in the Executive!
The recent swearing-in of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a select…
‘Horse trading’: Utter powerlessness after pressing the EVM button
Following the official announcement of the elections, the “leading” and every other political party within the two major alliances negotiated,…
Is the Monopoly Over Election Symbols Creating an Unfair Election Field?
Election symbols were initially introduced into the Indian electoral process as a practical solution to overcome the challenges posed by…
THE REAL OPPOSITION COMES FROM THE STREET: A COMMENTARY ON THE INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections have concluded with an NDA coalition government led by the BJP being sworn in as…
Women’s Reservation Act 2023: One Step Forward, Many Steps Back?
The enactment of a law to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and in state legislative assemblies was…
Call of duty
Raja Rajan Gandhi 23rd January 2023 Source of image: https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/4/19625/Of-Protests-and-Movements-in-Free-India– Hi friends, Nothing succeeds like success. Nothing fails like failure…
The Dire Economic Situation in India and the Role of the State
by BA and Venkatesh Sundaram Image source: https://peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/06/jan-8-strike-with-73-million-jobless-in-india-its-a-fight-for-survival/ According to a news item in The Quint, “…the Monthly Economic Review…
Building the Future: Meeting organised by Lok Raj Sangathan
Lok Raj Sangathan organised a meeting in Delhi on 17th April 2022, on the theme ‘Building the Future’. The occasion…
Current elections and democratic renewal
Statement of Lok Raj Sangathan 2 March 2022 Source of image: https://news.abplive.com/elections/assembly-election-2022-election-commission-to-review-prohibition-on-physical-rallies-on-monday-1509878 Elections are going on in five states of…