India

How India uses national interest as a smokescreen to muzzle the media

The Indian government is weaponising ‘national interest’ measures to close down reporting it deems critical of the Modi government.

10 months ago

India’s electronic voting machines have a trust problem

Criticism of EVMs is legitimate, but it shouldn't overwhelm the devices' potential to strengthen democracy

10 months ago

Free and fearless journalism in a fight for survival

Freedom of the press, a cornerstone of democracy, is under attack around the world, just when we need it more…

10 months ago

How news gatherers can respond to social media challenge

Print and electronic media are coping admirably with the upheavals being wrought by social media.

10 months ago

How the ECI Contributed in Undermining Its Own Model Code of Conduct

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar wanted to issue an advisory to the enforcement agencies to refrain from going after the…

10 months ago

The corporate takeover of India’s media

Press freedom in India has been badly hit by the gobbling up of media platforms by a few large companies.

10 months ago

The curious case of Google Trends in India

For nine of the last ten years, the most searches were for why Apple products and Evian water are so…

10 months ago

HEY RAM

Mahatma Gandhi's mind reveals both the individual and collective shaping of India's mind. Why does Ram hold the place he…

11 months ago

Is India on the cusp of a nuclear energy renaissance?

Removing institutional bottlenecks will attract foreign and domestic participation in India’s nuclear energy programme.

11 months ago

Live-in lover law opens door to attacks on freedoms

Whimsical and capricious behaviour by public officials is not the sign of a democratic polity, but an absolutist one. The…

11 months ago