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  1. Don’t undermine the CAG

    Posted by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP
    / October 21, 2012 /
    There’s an old Chinese saying “when the finger points at the moon, the foolish looks at the finger.” Some from the Government – the executive – have attempted a not so credible attempt at portraying the Supreme Court and the CAG – the two institutions that have spotlighted the recent...

  2. Democracy and the delusions of grandeur

    Posted by Deepak Shravan
    / June 7, 2012 /
    Democracy, in India, is more of an illusion, a hologram of our minds. More than being a mere illusion, it is a cover for crime, a safe alias. Like Bin Laden walking unscathed because he’s wearing a Mahatma Gandhi tee shirt. Right from colleges; where they think they can decide...

  3. Democratic tool becomes a tool for oligarchy

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    / September 26, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Narasimha Reddy   Political parties are pillars of democracy. Our entire system of political articulation revolves around this tool. Media takes cognisance of an issue only when a political party takes it up. The police is usually cautious in dealing with activities of political parties, even if they are...

  4. Satyagraha, Blackmail and Democracy

    Posted by Ajay Gandhi
    / August 25, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Ajay Gandhi   There is much we hear and read nowadays about blackmail, Parliament and democracy.  It is said that Anna Hazare’s methods are nothing but blackmail, that he is trying to circumvent the Parliament and uses undemocratic means. That these will harm democratic institutions.   For the purpose...

  5. Anna Hazare, Alexander Tytler and Democracy

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    / August 24, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Bala   Anna Hazare’s fight against corruption has captured the imagination of the people of India as also those of a few western countries like US and UK who are watching the situation with interest.   But while any movement like this which attracts the attention and participation of...

  6. India is a democracy, not a dictatorship

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    / April 20, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By E A S Sarma We cannot afford an energy strategy that is unsustainable, ecologically destructive and deleterious from the point of view of protection of the livelihoods of the people. We cannot drive our energy plans with police force and supression of people’s voices. It is unfortunate that what...

  7. An assault on democracy

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    / February 17, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Dr Jayaprakash Narayan I do not view today’s attack on me in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly premises as a personal attack on me. It is an assault on democracy itself.   I am grateful to the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, the Chairman of the Legislative Council, the Chief Minister...

  8. Do you pay `Democracy Tax’?

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    / December 28, 2010 / 3 Comments
    By Lakshminarayanan Ravichander The withdrawal of cases enmasse by the government has taken the predictable road of controversy. Not surprisingly. At a time when everything is seen through myopic political lenses, it is indeed foolhardy to take a magnanimous or a dispassionate view. Let’s face it. Every protest has its...

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