DEMOCRACY

Women gathered in protest against the 'witch hunting' of civil rights activists by the government of India (photo: National Herald archives)

Why the NHRC is failing in the mother of democracy

Representative image of the Supreme Court

The making of a real democracy

Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi chief minister and convenor of the Aam Aadmi may be out on bail; but case puts the BJP's idea of democracy in the dock (photo: Vipin/National Herald)

The Arvind Kejriwal case: Democracy in the dock

The power of simplicity (photo: @ECISVEEP/X)

Only the citizenry can bring democracy back on track

Rahul Gandhi shows a copy of the Indian Constitution at a public meeting in Madhya Pradesh on 30 April 2024 (photo: PTI)

Herald View: The Constitution question

Part of the Lovely University campus

Nothing to lose but your freedom

The patriarch refuses to be unseated even when the first citizen of India is on her feet. Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised a lot of eyebrows with this one (photo: Sourav Karmakar/PIB)

Modi's New India, where democracy is a joke

Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam (photo: @bharatjodo/X)

Opinion

Herald View: The battle of their lives, but not without hope

04 Feb 2024, 7:45 AM

Dr B.R. Ambedkar presenting the final draft of the Constitution to Dr Rajendra Prasad on 25 November 1949 (photo: Wikipedia)

Opinion

Re-discover the Preamble, and know that toilets stand for ‘fraternity’

25 Jan 2024, 11:40 PM

Children with Indian flags, from a campaign to get to know India's diversity through a direct cultural exchange at an individual level, by visiting the homes of strangers of other identities (screengrab from meregharaaketodekho.com)

Opinion

Ideas for India 2024: We need to reclaim democratic nationalism

02 Jan 2024, 10:30 AM

"It is easy to fall for the mirage of the media blitz," says Mallika Sarabhai (photo: IANS)

Opinion

Ideas for India in 2024: "There is hope, always," says Mallika Sarabhai

01 Jan 2024, 5:35 PM

When democracies falter, they rarely recover. Representative image shows a ballot paper being inserted into the slot of a box and emerging below in strings, as though from a paper shredder (image: National Herald archives)

Opinion

Idea for India: Don't be a sitting duck as someone takes potshots at democracy

01 Jan 2024, 4:52 PM

The original Preamble of the Constitution of India (photo: National Herald archives)

Opinion

In 2024, your country needs YOU!

01 Jan 2024, 4:29 PM

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi with then US president Donald Trump ahead of kicking off the 'Howdy Modi' rally in Houston, Texas, in 2019 (photo: National Herald archives)

Opinion

Of fake democracies and real ones

24 Dec 2023, 9:14 AM

Protestors from Manipur's tribal communities at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, 24 June 2023, calling out PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah for neglect of the NE state, with only 2 seats in Parliament (photo: Vipin/National Herald)

Opinion

Manipur: The importance of lighting fires...

25 Jun 2023, 6:00 AM

A man waves the Indian national flag as he attends an election rally of the Indian National Congress on April 16, 2023 in Kolar, India ahead of the Karnataka Polls. (Photo: Getty Images)

Opinion

Karnataka was about the survival of India

14 May 2023, 6:00 PM

Democracy: 'Freedom is in peril' like never before

Opinion

Democracy: 'Freedom is in peril' like never before

25 Mar 2023, 9:30 AM

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Opinion

Why decline of newspapers leads to decline of ‘public good’

20 Nov 2022, 10:00 AM

Calling all free-spirited Indians

India

Calling all free-spirited Indians

16 Aug 2022, 5:10 PM

Democracy and dissent in India@75

India

Democracy and dissent in India@75

16 Aug 2022, 5:09 PM

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