Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?

[ad_1] If the Bharatiya Janata Party under Prime Minister Narendra succeeds in winning a third five-year term in the Lok Sabha elections, many fear that India’s religious minorities, especially Muslims, will see their second-class status formalised in law and practice.But...

The Dutch are drawing a line – to keep populists out of power. Can other countries do so as well?

[ad_1] In November 2023, Geert Wilders’ stridently anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim party swept the Dutch elections in what the media called a political earthquake.The magnitude of his win came as a shock to the centre and left parties in the Dutch legislature....

Few Indian youngsters have registered to vote –and what that means

[ad_1] In 2014, India’s young first-time voters played a crucial role in bringing the Bharatiya Janata Party to power at the Centre. Exit polls found that turnout in that election among Indians ages 18 to 25 surpassed that of the...

‘Democratic deficit’: Low wages, high costs and distance make voting difficult for migrant workers

[ad_1] Kartik Naik is in his 40s, and works as a mason’s helper in the Nettoor area, in Kerala’s Ernakulam, where mostly Odia male migrant labourers reside. As polling for his state’s assembly and for the Lok Sabha nears, Kartik...

Rewind: Leaving NRI voters behind

In the 2019 elections, five people from the registered 5,090 NRI electors voted in Andhra Pradesh while none of the registered 1,436 electors voted in Telangana Published Date - 6 April 2024, 11:50 PM Rewind  -By Divya Balan India, the...

‘Disappearing Democracy’: The unmaking of a nation

Title Disappearing Democracy: Dismantling of a Nation Author Avay Shukla Publisher Paranjoy/ AuthorsUpFront Pages 242 pp Price Rs 595 --- Our nation, India or Bharat, has been going through a period of almost cataclysmic change since 2014 when the BJP assumed power. I am not...

Nitasha Kaul incident: OCI cards being weaponised to silence critics, says IOCUSA

[ad_1] “The recent denial of entry to India for Professor Nitasha Kaul from the UK is nothing short of weaponisation of OCI cards to silence the critics of the BJP government," said George Abraham, vice chair of the Indian Overseas...