Democracy

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Opinion: A failure to imagine what a faulty democracy is like

4 min read . 10 May 2019

Voting is not a rational process, it is more of a group behaviour. (Vipin Kumar/HT)

Behaviour by Brain

Opinion | Irrational electoral preferences and fear of breaking ranks

4 min read . 24 Apr 2019

In the religion of democracy, schools are its temples, and constitutional values, its sacred goods. (Mint)

Other Sphere

Opinion | The greater role of schools and teachers in shaping democracy

4 min read . 24 Apr 2019

Opinion | Decline in political debate leaves democracy strained

3 min read . 22 Apr 2019

Opinion | Vote-bank politics is not always bad for democracy

4 min read . 08 Apr 2019

Behaviour by Brain

Opinion | How the internet could end up wrecking Indian democracy

4 min read . 27 Mar 2019

Opinion | Why can’t Indian democracy move beyond slogans?

3 min read . 18 Mar 2019

Art for one, art for all

3 min read . 01 Mar 2019

Opinion | Why internet anonymity is not the menace you think it is

Opinion | Why internet anonymity is not the menace you think it is

4 min read . 13 Feb 2019

On 21 December, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court had set aside the order of a single judge allowing the rath yatra in the state

Supreme Court says no to BJP rath yatras in West Bengal

1 min read . 15 Jan 2019

Lawmakers fired ominous warning shots this week, voting to force May to quickly set out an alternative plan for Brexit if it is beaten.Photo: AFP

Theresa May warns MPs against ‘catastrophic’ failure to deliver Brexit

1 min read . 13 Jan 2019

Felix Tshisekedi, new president of Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinshasa on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Felix Tshisekedi wins DR Congo’s presidential election

4 min read . 11 Jan 2019

Voters queue up outside a polling booth. Photo by Arvind Yadav/ Hindustan Times

Opinion: Grill netas before you cast your vote this election

4 min read . 06 Jan 2019

The use of NOTA in the recent state elections perhaps indicates the true coming of age of the Indian voter. Photo: Raj K. Raj/HT

Mint’s person of 2018 is the voter

8 min read . 31 Dec 2018

The social network has drawn criticism for undermining democracy and for provoking bloodshed in societies small and large. Photo:AP

Inside Facebook’s secret rule book for global political speech

8 min read . 28 Dec 2018

Opinion: Turning Brexit into a celebration of democracy

4 min read . 28 Dec 2018

A country where some live with fear has failed

A country where some live with fear has failed

11 min read . 12 Dec 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: Hindustan Times

Opinion | A concert of Indo-Pacific democracies

4 min read . 16 Nov 2018

Maldivians have been given a second chance at democracy. We dare not be careless with it. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | Maldivians must protect their revived democracy

4 min read . 06 Nov 2018

Donald Trump argued that key pillars of US statecraft—promoting free trade, defending allies around the world, spreading of democracy and human rights—were fool’s errands. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Mistaken criticism of the US’ foreign policy elite

4 min read . 05 Nov 2018