Notes on how the world’s largest democracy presses the button
While the electronic voting machine system is useful and functional, officials and observers shouldn’t assume there’s no way to …
'Indian elections will always be unpredictable'
For 25 years, economist Ruchir Sharma has travelled the length and breadth of India analysing voting paterns, sociological landscapes and nuances …
Environment in elections: Droughts fail to make it to poll issues in Jharkhand
Severe drought conditions in the state over the past two years ignored by politicians during campaigns, say farmers
Civil society survey claims welfare schemes halted after Rajasthan government change
Almost 4,000 people in 16 parliamentary constituencies surveyed
Voting without voters: West Bengal may see migrants flocking home to vote & document citizenship status amid CAA worries
Migrants likely to influence fate of elections in state; CAA cloud advantage to Trinamool but BJP to leverage governance failure that led to …
Voting without voters: In Uttar Pradesh, areas with low turnout are hubs of migrant workers
EC plans to reach out to migrant workers via postcards to encourage them to vote, but it may be too little, too late
Verdict 2019: From the politics of inevitability to that of relatability
The results of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls hold lessons for us all
Nobody cares for Bihar's drying rivers in poll season
Most of the state's 600 rivers have either dried up or are on the verge
General Elections: All you need to know to be an environmentally informed voter
As India goes to polls, here’s all the knowledge you need about environment and development to make an informed decision
Congress manifesto promises jobs, welfare steps
Five focus areas include: Unemployment, poverty, farm distress, access to quality education and healthcare
Land injustice, Aadhaar problems dog Jharkhand. Is the Opposition listening
Activists under Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha highlight issues that should make a buzz before the Lok Sabha elections
Assam schoolchildren draw up agenda for 2019 Lok Sabha elections
About 500 girls from Assam, aged 14-19, have produced a 'Children’s Agenda' focusing on health, nutrition, water, sanitation and …
On the cards in Kerala: A clean, green Lok Sabha polls
Kerala Suchitwa Mission Executive Director R Ajay Kr Verma says mass involvement most crucial
General Elections 2019: Whose voice and which issues matter
Agrarian distress, the women electorate and new voters will be crucial to the Lok Sabha polls
Voting without voters: Migrant workers in Odisha’s Nuapada unable to afford trip home to cast ballot
About 75,000 workers in district are migrant labourers and 63,000 of them eligible voters
In India, WhatsApp is a weapon of antisocial hatred
A new challenge has arisen in the form of social media – specifically WhatsApp. Hate speech, disinformation and scary rumors are already …
Yes, green issues are missing from poll discourse, but who is to be blamed?
It’s the civil society that has failed to inform and engage citizens on this crisis
No new vision in BJP manifesto
The document makes the same old promises of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, housing for all and bridging the doctor-patient ratio
NYAY a positive step: UBI pilot study lead researcher
Calling it a good intiative, Sarath Davala questions how the Congress will implement such a scheme
How much politics is too much politics for civil society
Should non-profits contest elections? Should they be identified with parties?
In the next 14 months, 62 countries will go to polls
India’s 130 million first-time voters will play a decisive role in the world’s state of economy
Adivasis in Jhargram fight a divided battle for the same aim in LS polls
In these General Elections, tribals in West Bengal are sparring among themselves over politicising their struggle for tribal rights
Mahanadi: Neither an election issue, nor a developmental one
The dying river is marred with pollution and irrigation issues and yet it hasn’t made it to the election agenda
Upset over onion export ban, this Maharashtra taluka has shut doors to Lok Sabha campaigning
Farmers in onion belt vow to express resentment during elections, point out opposition parties also failed to offer respite
Democratic choice held hostage to cash: A tale of Odisha's urban poor
Though political parties deny such claims and these “incidents” often go unnoticed, the truth is that the poor consider elections to …