Does Anti-Defection Law require stricter implementation?
In a country that is thriving in politics, corruption has become almost synonymous with the system. Hence, it is imperative to constantly explore options as to how this corruption can be subdued and battled. Political corruption happens…
Crippling Majoritarianism and Political Polarisation – An Analysis
It is impossible to make a case on the positive outcomes of sectarianism or majoritarianism politics, albeit the argument on “democratically elected mandate of the people” makes for an impenetrable defense. After the accession to power by…
Hung Parliament – A Democracy without Majority
The word ‘Hung Parliament’ comprises of two words, ‘Hung’ the past tense of the word hang which primarily means something which is suspended from above and dangles free in the lower region, and ‘Parliament’ the legislative body…
Ram Janmabhoomi – The Dispute of India’s Secularism
राम नाम तिहुं लोक मे सकल रहा भरपूरजो जाने तिही निकट है, अनजाने तिही दूर। The name of Ram is all-pervasive in the three worlds one who knows is near but the ignorant is very far from…
Citizenship Amendment Act – Need of the Hour?
On the 11th of December 2019, the government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) introduced the fifth amendment to the Citizenship Act. From the very get-go, this amendment has been in the eye of the storm.…
1984 Sikh Massacre – Critical Analysis
The saints are being murdered mercilessly by the mob. The policemen are being attacked by the public for one reason or the other. The protests done by people to get their demands fulfilled, though required to be…
The Darkest Days – 1975 Emergency.
India faced this problem every now and then, but never in the history of independent India have we faced such a constitutional crisis as during the 21 month period in 1975-1977, when a state of emergency was…
