Monday, 30 September 2013

The Right To Reject: Indian Democracy’s New Hot Button

The Supreme Court has once again lived up to its role as the guiding light for Indian democracy. By directing the Election Commission to introduce a new option in electronic voting machines (EVMs) for voters to reject all candidates, the apex court has brought in an important reform in our electoral...

Sunday, 29 September 2013

Narendra Modi "Man Of Developing India"

Narendra Damodardas Modi ; born 17 September 1950) is the 14th and current Chief Minister of Gujarat, a state in western India, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is the prime ministerial candidate of the BJP and the centre-right National Democratic...

The Arts and Politics

A strong relationship between the arts and politics, particularly between various kinds of art and power,[citation needed] occurs across historical epochs and cultures. As they respond to contemporaneous events and politics, the arts take on political...

Saturday, 28 September 2013

Rahul’s outburst: A watershed moment in Indian politics?

Barely two days before his outburst against the UPA government’s ordinance to counter a Supreme Court order disqualifying MPs and MLAs convicted in a criminal case, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi‘s body language had become a talking point among Pune’s editors and senior journalists. Rather...

Delhi Elections: Muslims say no to Modi and BJP

Atif Rasheed, president of Delhi BJP’s minority cell has a tough job at hand. His party’s top leadership has asked him to ensure that at least 20,000 Muslims attend Narendra Modi‘s public rally scheduled for Sunday, 29 September, at the Japanese Park in West Delhi’s Rohini area. As part of Narendra...

Friday, 27 September 2013

Politics in India

Politics in India (Hindi:भारतीय राजनीति) takes place within the framework of a federal Westminster-style Parliamentary democratic constitutional republic, in which the President of India is head of state and the Prime Minister of India is the head of government. Nominally executive power is...

What is politics? A big Question Arises

Politics  is the practice and theory of influencing other people on a civic or individual level. More narrowly, it refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance — organized control over a human community, particularly a state. A variety of methods is employed in...

Occupation/Profession is often linked to a strong bias in terms of political views. For instance, here in Australia, two basically true stereotypes are that teachers are left-wing and those in the military and police are right-wing. What in your opinions are other occupations where there is a strong skew towards left or right? Just asking as I was discussing this with some friends. Also am...