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Modi the Messiah?

101 East Last updated: 25 April 2014 101 East goes on the campaign trail with Narendra Modi, the man tipped to be the next Prime Minister of India. In an old Muslim cemetery surrounded by the fallen vines of Banyan… Continue Reading →

Mumbai- Muslims came out to push up secular vote: Activists

Mohammed Wajihuddin TNN Mumbai: Muslim pockets in the city and suburbs like Bhendi Bazaar, Nagpada, Behrampada (Bandra East), Jogeshwari, Mumbra and Bhiwandi saw good turnout which many community leaders interpreted as a reaction to a perceived ‘Modi wave’. “We are… Continue Reading →

Elections – Disabilities of Indian democracy

April 25, 2014 Jayna Kothari David Seidenberg DOUBLE-EDGED: While allowing a companion with a disabled voter makes electoral participation possible, it actually deprives him of autonomy and secrecy. Picture shows an elderly disabled voter carried outside a polling station in… Continue Reading →

Mumbai- ‘ Haidery Manzil’ disappears from polling list #WTFnews

By ShameelaZaidi on Facebook I am so irritated, we left early morning before 9Am to cast our votes.. But in vain.. an entire day spent in this heat and sweat running around various offices and searching files for our names… Continue Reading →

India are you Disregarding fascism ?

The danger posed by fascism to India’s parliamentary democracy is not so much about one man as about the masses that currently favour him with their support G. Sampath Photo: HT Is India poised on the verge of fascism? While… Continue Reading →

Gender bias in Indian elections #WomenRights

Apr 22, 2014 08:51 PM , By SUDIPTA SARANGI, CHANDAN K JHA Male preserve That’s what Indian elections are all about NISSAR AHMAD Parties field fewer women because voters lack faith in women leaders’ abilities — a vicious cycle we… Continue Reading →

India Elections – By the ruling class, for the ruling class

  ANAND TELTUMBDE   The electoral system in its current avatar is not serving India’s democracy In the next few weeks the gigantic exercise of conducting elections in India will be over. The nation will pat itself on the back… Continue Reading →

Mumbai Xavier’s principal attacks Gujarat model #NaMo #NOMOre_2014

  St Xavier’s College principal Father Frazer Mascarenhas has raised a political storm on the campus, with several students reporting receiving an email in which he has blasted Narendra Modi’s Gujarat model and urged them to vote for parties that… Continue Reading →

Narendra Modi and the Indian election: Why the corporates love a fascist

With India’s general election set to begin on Monday, the BJP is widely expected to secure victory and its controversial leader, Narendra Modi, to become the country’s next prime minister. Amrit Wilson reports. By Amrit Wilson ‘Modiji, is like Lord Krishna’, an… Continue Reading →

#India – Do you Hear That Hollow In The Drumbeat ? #NOMOre_2014

The Modi hype is relentless. But some of our institutions of democracy are still fragile for us to risk a firebrand leader. Magazine | 28 April 2014 Pranab Bardhan The drumbeats are all around us, proclaiming the triumphal arrival of… Continue Reading →

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