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Low polling carries message for parties

India, May 3 -- Two rounds are done, five to go, here is the big question blowing in the excruciatingly hot summer wind this general election season. Despite the incessant drumbeat in TV studios and o... Read More


A referendum on Modi's leadership

India, April 18 -- An electorate of a whopping 960 million plus, spread over 543 constituencies, and over a million booths in 28 states and eight Union territories are voting in an election in the wor... Read More


Limits of Opposition's 'save democracy' plank

India, April 4 -- BJP versus Democracy - a huge banner at the Opposition " Save Democracy" rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi was aiming to set the 2024 election agenda. The last time an Opposition gath... Read More


Elections 2024 is a match of unequals

India, March 21 -- The 2024 election bugle has been sounded but the traditional band-baaja buzz is missing. This could be partly because a general election is more a marathon than a sprint, spread ove... Read More


BJP's push to bridge the North-South gap

India, March 7 -- From the sun-kissed beaches of Lakshadweep to temple-hopping across Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, is it any coincidence that Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has made four ... Read More


Cong-mukt Bharat to a Cong-yukt BJP

India, Feb. 23 -- There is a new guessing game on in Delhi's power corridors: Who will be next to leave the Congress for a "Congress-yukt" (Congress-filled) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)? While the BJP... Read More


Congress-mukt Bharat to Congress-yukt BJP

India, Feb. 22 -- There is a new guessing game on in Delhi's power corridors: Who will be next to leave the Congress for a "Congress-yukt" (Congress-filled) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)? While the BJP... Read More


A Chandigarh window on Indian democracy

India, Feb. 8 -- It has taken a relatively insignificant election for Chandigarh's mayor to expose the frailties of India's electoral democracy. A presiding officer caught on camera allegedly "defacin... Read More