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General Elections 2019

The 2019 Indian general election is scheduled to be held in 7 phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.

Missing women voters: 21 mln can't exercise franchise this Lok Sabha polls

Excerpts from The Verdict: Decoding India’s Elections by Prannoy Roy and Dorab R Sopariwala; published by Penguin Random House India

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'Indian elections will always be unpredictable'

For 25 years, economist Ruchir Sharma has travelled the length and breadth of India analysing voting paterns, sociological landscapes and …

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चुनाव 2019: पर्यावरण के मुद्दों पर राजनीतिक उदासीनता के लिए दोषी कौन

पर्यावरण को चुनावी मुद्दे बनाने के सवाल पर सिविल सोसाय…

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Notes on how the world’s largest democracy presses the button

While the electronic voting machine system is useful and functional, officials and observers shouldn’t assume there’s no way to …

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Simply put: Swachh Bharat

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बिहार में विकास की अनदेखी का दिखा असर, लोग कर रहे हैं चुनाव का बहिष्कार

अपने क्षेत्र की समस्याओं का समाधान न होने पर बिहार के ल…

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Illegal mining forces Raniganj residents to eat now and die tomorrow

Villages in Asansol-Raniganj coal belt, which go to polls on April 29, 2019, stand on precarious land that might collapse any day, but the …

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चुनावी भाषणों से गायब है साफ हवा का मुद्दा

जनता फिर दूषित वायु एवं स्मॉग को भूलकर राजनीतिक पार्टि…

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In India, WhatsApp is a weapon of antisocial hatred

A new challenge has arisen in the form of social media – specifically WhatsApp. Hate speech, disinformation and scary rumors are already …

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राजनीतिक जमीन की तलाश में नए खिलाड़ी

सिविल सोसायटी समूह मुख्यधारा की राजनीति में हाथ आजमा र…

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How artificial intelligence systems could threaten democracy

The advent of digital repression is profoundly affecting the relationship between citizen and state

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Mahanadi: Neither an election issue, nor a developmental one

The dying river is marred with pollution and irrigation issues and yet it hasn’t made it to the election agenda

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