‘Citizens must not just blame the government but criticise it’

Public policy expert Rajendra Pratap Gupta speaks about his new book

Andhra in a fix over quota

Cancels local body polls as court says reservation can’t exceed 50%

Streamlining autonomy

Panchayati raj ministry suggests amendments to local governance in north-eastern states

Agents of change

Gramdoots, or village volunteers, mobilise people to get government machinery moving

The swing

More women than men are voting in India. Majority of them are from rural areas

Pills for polls

The free medicine scheme in Rajasthan may benefit Congress

The power of intermediaries

Move to rein in Internet censorship falters; ISPs continue to block websites

ANNA TO BINAYAK AND TATA

Developing politics: Election 2004 is not the end

Hunger games – it’s the real India show

The civil spring

Have an aggressive government and an overreaching judiciary curbed dissent?

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Wings to soar high

A counselling initiative in Madhya Pradesh identifies interests of tribal students and facilitates their admission to institutes of higher education

Boss, the real beehive!

Rahul Gandhi’s idea of governance needs fresh focus. How about more autonomy to nearly 240,000 panchayats?

Thumb press

Chhattisgarh’s community news service on mobile phone helps tribal people find voice

Reveal or go to jail

New Collection of Statistics Act comes into force. Makes furnishing information mandatory

Punjab’s panchayat flip-flop

State considers reverting to direct polls, court raps it for taking away right to recall sarpanch

Taking the lead

India's chief ministers are beginning to take note of environmental problems. But just about. The Centre for Science and Environment conducted a …

Does civil society activism fit in with electoral politics?

Many activists took part in the recent elections. Has their participation in electoral politics exposed civil society activism to state repression?

‘Our subscribers don’t miss newspapers’

Journalist-turned-media entrepreneur Niraj NaiK runs Breaking News on Mobile in Goa. It is a unique state-level paid SMS news service and is …

Closed systems, open minds

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been doing research on health and environment in the public interest. But most government …

The national local elections

Bangladesh loses an opportunity to revive its most important local government—upazilla parishad—as competing national parties turn …

Brazilian lessons for Modi

Dilma Rousseff's re-election as president is a lesson on facing development challenges in an unequal economy