The ideological penetration of Indian science by Hindutva was starkly illustrated by a series of nine linked tweets issued by the secretary of the department of science and technology last month
Ramachandra GuhaThe issue of electoral bonds in India — they have been declared illegal by the Supreme Court — has some parallels with the Super Political Action Committees in the United States
Luv PuriTelling the poor to settle for five kilos of ration and allowing cronies to grab five airports make every other form of inequality worse. It will turn India into an insufferably unjust society
Parakala PrabhakarPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's decision to not talk to the ruling parties is due to two reasons: first, the ‘mandate’ being given away to these parties and, second, the real power lying elsewhere
Mehmal SarfrazAn election sans competition is an anomaly. This is because democracy’s flowering and, indeed, sustenance are contingent upon the unrestrained exercise of choice by each member of the electorate
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