Nepal, Dec. 2 -- As India's Parliament convened for its Winter Session on Monday, the persistent political storm over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls threatened to create a logjam in the House, yet again casting a shadow over the conduct of productive business.

The Indian Parliament has been a beautiful space for the exchange of views and counterviews, for debate and discourse, for banter and bonhomie, for stellar speeches and skilled oratory, and for political camaraderie that has lent itself to several memorable captures by sharp photojournalists over the decades. That nature, unfortunately, has seen a marked and quick deterioration in recent years.

Parliament-both the upper house (Rajya Sabha) and lower house ...