No system is as perfect as the ideal situation. Given this basic premise, we can see how India’s democracy is far from perfect. Firstly as parties go, most of them do not adhere to their constitutions, and the amount of ‘personality’ heft that Indian politics cowers to, it would appear as though we remain feudatories […]
Some very pertinent issues need unravelling, which most importantly tend to get skirted, or covered with excuses such as ineptitude, when the larger issue that confronts us as voter citizens is our daily acceptance of what we are-A Constitutional Democracy. In a rule of law, the law being equal, acting on us without fear or […]
A point of view is what is closer to description as being possessed of an opinion. But points appear more panoramic, the views can be kaleidoscopic and so appear more suited for modern lexicon challenging democracy. An opinion which possesses us seems rather ghoulish, fetching us a gulag to swill in, our ideas not an […]
Ownership is a much bandied word. In Corporates, and in other sectors, every capitalist honcho exhorts the one with least stakes to take ownership of the venture, as if that were to solve all problems. That ownership is the grease that would reduce the friction in moving parts, making for a seamless transition between concept […]
The intrusive presence-nanny state? The debate about how the government has notified several agencies to be able to tap our communications has resurfaced. Yes the Gazette is from the UPA era, and the powers were meant to be exercised with due caution. Most importantly the data that was sought to be drawn for further analyses […]
The way the US Presidency of Donald Trump has been unraveling it is quite clear that the Russian connection is just not coincidental, that it has derived its return on investment through Mr Trump. The latest move that Trump has made where the US has pulled out its military from Syria is a clear signal […]
The toughest call that has to be made by politicians is trying to define the national mood. Mr Modi has in the run up to 2014, called the national mood correctly, as it was first ploughed and readied by Anna Hazare and his India Against Corruption campaign. India has always as a society given leverage […]
In Post Truth World, suddenly the certainty of voter and candidate is in flux! Why? The certainty with which folks were pursuing their agenda, it would have all been wrapped up by now. The post truth world which the falsehoods of erstwhile racist and right wing had sought to infuse, to take ownership of, has […]
No one quite knows why we vote the way we do. It is actually a nightmare for any analyst to place his or her dime on the ballot, for we see the kind of logic that operates in our general public is, politely put, funny. When we are witness to the kind of sops that […]
One of the most telling comments about leadership can be this refrain- Leadership is not a popularity contest! It has many spins, for eg. at home- parenting is not a popularity contest, and that further has gotten a more accurate understanding, with men can be a while on paternity, but women are on maternity for […]
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