Elections

With India positioning itself as a global player, the microscope falls on PM Narendra Modi’s foreign policy and on how foreign policy fares in the world's biggest democracy.

Indian cinema and cinematic fiction has become the convenient way of ‘correcting’ historical frictions, especially where facts are inconvenient

The business elite funds Indian politics and elections in return for economic favours or for securing favourable policies for their industry.

...and the unlooked for spectacle of the all-powerful BJP scrambling in defence | Elections 2024

The hollowing out of parliamentary democracy in India can only be checked and reversed by a successful electoral challenge to the Modi personality cult.

CEC Rajiv Kumar wanted to issue an advisory to the enforcement agencies to refrain from going after opposition politicians after the ECI announced the Model Code of Conduct, but he was overruled by his colleagues. Why?

The EVM VVPAT verdict has many implications for the conduct and integrity of elections. There is a growing chorus from various stakeholders for the ECI to hold itself accountable and for SC to uphold voter rights. (Unbreak the News | Elections 2024)

Migrant workers from various eastern states in Ernakulam say that returning home to vote means job loss and incurring high expenses which many do not want to risk

Elections 2024 | With a vast number of citizens around the world voting for leaders and legislatures this year, much will depend on their trust in the electoral process.

Indian democracy is at a crossroads as the country heads to the polls soon. Elections in India are a paradoxical see-saw between trust and legitimacy crisis | Elections 2024