Page 7 - Democracy

Political culture

A country as diverse as ours needs a political culture rooted in constitutional values and political discourse based on truth, respect, civility, and restraint

Et tu Ashoka?

A pioneer in liberal education takes a hard knock

After Mehta, Subramanian quits Ashoka University; faculty concerned

Over 100 faculty signatories request the vice chancellor to ask Mehta to rescind his resignation

State of the capital

Bill enhancing Delhi LG's power debases electoral democracy

Exclusion of women in decision-making marker of 'flawed democracy': Harris

The status of democracy depends fundamentally on the empowerment of women, whose exclusion from decision-making is a marker of a "flawed democracy", Kamala Harris has said

The angry Vishwaguru

The world has expectations from India and complains when those aren't met. If global praise is acceptable to Modi govt, why the resentment and rejection over criticism?

Independence of EC can't be compromised in democracy: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday said the Central and the state governments should not appoint persons holding government office as election commissioners

Best of BS Opinion: The meaning of 'partly free', Congress is MIA, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Court hearing for 47 Hong Kong democracy activists enters fourth day

The bail proceedings ongoing since Monday have lasted often a full day and at times into the morning, and several defendants have fallen ill

Myanmar's neighbours press for Suu Kyi's release, restoration of democracy

ASEAN foreign ministers held talks with a representative of the junta in a video call two days after the bloodiest day of unrest since the military overthrew Suu Kyi's elected government

Big Brother syndrome

New rules for digital media have troubling implications

Best of BS Opinion: Epochal transition, a non-violent 'toolkit' & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Time to test the power of statesmanship

Anger, abuse and repression have not helped the government find a solution to farm impasse, but magnanimity might

Sedition vs dissent

The law is increasingly being misused against critics

Best of BS Opinion: Fragile democracy, IBC set to resume, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Is democracy in Myanmar dead?

No. But the deposed government and its backers urgently need a concrete plan to foil the military's divide-and-conquer strategy

Fragile democracy

Sustaining it is a high-maintenance exercise

Citizens gagged, can we call ourselves largest democracy: Robert Vadra

"I do condemn the arrest of Disha Ravi, a 21-year-old Indian girl, a climate activist, who stood with the protesting Indian farmers and voiced her opinion for their needs and demands",wrote Vadra

The foreign hand, again

Conspiratorial thinking leads to tyranny. It means you imagine connections between disparate groups of dissenters, and thereby elevate in your mind their danger to the state

The speech struggle

Freedom of Expression is an essential pillar of any equitable society