Nayab Gauhar & Farhan Siddique
So, if we allow our democracy to crumble in majoritarianism or authoritarianism, then our economic future and our soul as a nation and place among other democratic nations will be jeopardized. Democracy is not something nice to have but it is central to everything.
By Ditsa Roy
Politics of “empowerment” has been transmogrified to an electoral politics of caste arithmetic, social engineering, communal rhetoric and occasional freebies.
By Rosemary Isaac
Fear of reprisal, a gagged media, and a heightened politician-law enforcement nexus quell protest almost completely.
By Aabid Mushtaq
During last few years, at least 198 serious attacks were recorded on reporters between 2014 to 2019; of these, 36 happened in 2019 alone.
By Rupayan Mukherjee
The archetypal image of peasantry as a gullible and volatile mass, lacking political insight and wisdom, who can at best serve but never lead, re-surfaces again.
By Pratik Phadkule
The centrality of ‘people’ in this democracy seems to be have vanished. I am literally unable to see ‘people’ and hear their voices in this country.
Cafe Dissensus Everyday 