While liberal democracy emphasizes individual rights, adversarial politics and universalist principles, India’s philosophical ...

Narendra Modi’s BJP finally takes Delhi, India’s political heart, which until now has remained out of its reach.

Economic reformers should not remain beholden to free-market ideologies, corporate lobbies, or the sentiments of fickle stock ...

In popular perception, a party whip is sacrosanct and its defiance has consequences, including expulsion. But does that curtail an MP’s freedom, as the Vice President says?

The caste system, as it actually works in India is called jati. The term jati appears in almost all Indian languages ... But this does not mean that caste is illegal or has faded away. Caste groups as ...

A first-past-the-post voting system, in which a party can win a seat even if most voters disapprove of it, creates conditions ...

The track, sung by Naveen Sajjued, mocks the current political system. The lyrics—"Free rice kottilva, free bus bittilva. Kottu tagolo aata gottilva"—seemingly reflects the deceptive games ...