Roti, kapda, makaan... and vaccine: Can it sway elections
With potential COVID-19 vaccines equalling cheap foodgrains’ power as a poll promise, can vaccine sub-nationalism be far behind
The crisis of India’s parliamentary democracy
Parliament’s hollowing out can only be checked, and reversed, by a successful electoral challenge to the Modi personality cult
Global triggers: Why these five big issues could cause significant problems in 2024
Trends of global power tensions, open war, democratic decline and extreme job market fluctuations are likely to continue in 2024
A one-sided election risks Bangladesh’s future
With the distinction between the state, government and party obliterated, Bangladesh is heading towards a personalised autocracy
Many more may fall into poverty trap and several may not escape it
Here’s how poverty, political myopia and ecological degradation are inter-related
Laws are chipping away at democracy around the world
Trouble is brewing around the world, say experts
Forget castes and politics, let’s focus on our rights and space: citizens of Karnataka
Several citizen groups in the state, which is going to polls this year, have drafted manifestos and asked political parties to include them in theirs
Ground report: 50% reservation in Panchayat a starting point for Haryana women
Proxy candidature, minimum educational qualifications still holding back candidates at grassroots level
Mewat Makeover: Will Haryana’s election laws be a catalyst for female education
For the first time in Haryana, 50 per cent reservation has been given to women in Panchayat elections
In poll season, Punjab debates legalising poppy seed and opium farming
Proponents feel the two crops will help farmers, save Punjab’s groundwater and wean its youth from synthetic drugs
'Women should be self-reliant to make a big difference in society'
Down To Earth talks to Pramila Bisoi, an SHG leader chosen to contest Aska Lok Sabha seat in Odisha
Will recent floods change voting pattern in Kerala?
Despite the devastating floods and the 'flawed' rehabilitation process, these issues are not going to be big in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, …
For the survivors of 1999’s Super Cyclone in Odisha, polls mean nothing
None of the political parties in the state have provided them with amenities ranging from sources of livelihood to cyclone shelters to …
Green protocol not being followed in Odisha local body polls: Activists
Candidates used non-biodegradable election materials such as flex posters and also nailed campaign materials to trees, claim activists
DTE Coverage: In Gujarat Elections 2022, ‘issues’ don’t seem to matter any more
Why the ruling BJP comes across confident despite complaints of unemployment, price rise
Did women-oriented schemes work for BJP in Assam
Poll data shows women equalled men in voting turnout during the three phases of the election
Revolt of the rich and the poor
When a recent report says 26 people now own the same wealth as the world's poorest half and the IMF chief flags risks associated with India’…
Chalk, cheese and climate change: What Trump and Biden think about the environment
While Democrat Biden has a balanced outlook, Republican Trump’s perspective is simply not in agreement with the global climate movement
Time for course correction
Congress likely to go all out to woo people in the new budget
Finally, both BJP and Congress manifestos talk climate change
A long way to go, but at least a start for India and its people
Simply Put: Cattle class in UP
Cauvery dispute: All you need to know
In its latest development, the Supreme Court has asked the Karnataka government to release 4 TMC water for Tamil Nadu
Is there an election angle to leather industry boost?
Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, hubs of the leather industry are also up for election this month
Environmental charter for the new government
Sustainable development, pollution, employment generation and agrarian crisis did not play major roles in deciding the outcome of the 2019 …
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