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An election worker collects mail-in ballots and guides voters at the entrance to the Registrar of Voters building in San Diego, California, U.S. (REUTERS)

Millennials get little satisfaction from democracy - Cambridge report

1 min read . 20 Oct 2020

When democracy fails the poor

1 min read . 07 Oct 2020

Pro-democracy protesters (AP)

Thai protesters rally to push demands for democratic reforms

4 min read . 19 Sep 2020

Photo: Mint (Photo: Mint)

Reforms not always slow in democracies

1 min read . 01 Sep 2020

Tom Cotton, senator from Arkansas. (AP)

Here, There, Everywhere

Opinion | One way to uphold democracy is to point out abuse of power

4 min read . 10 Jun 2020

Photo: Hindustan Times

Opinion | Democracy is not just about numbers

2 min read . 22 Jan 2020

Opinion | Endless protests without a clear goal threaten India’s democracy

4 min read . 12 Jan 2020

General Disequilibrium

Opinion | Let us all resolve to put the ‘I’ back in the Individual

4 min read . 05 Jan 2020

While liberal citizens regard it a sign of a higher loyalty to point out mistakes made by one’s own party, the loyalty of fans is zealous, unthinking, unswerving. (Reuters )

Central Europe’s republics of fans

4 min read . 26 Dec 2019

Opinion | The Jamia violence and its fallout on campus culture

4 min read . 23 Dec 2019

RBI had advised the government against electoral bonds, saying it would result in ‘encouraging money laundering’. arvind yadav/ht

Opinion | Govt policy on funding political parties bad news for democracy

3 min read . 04 Dec 2019

Opinion | Liberal democracy seems to be poised on a knife-edge

4 min read . 14 Oct 2019

Voters waiting in queues to cast their votes. (File photo: PTI)

Opinion | Democracy is going to get more democratic, and worse

4 min read . 28 Jul 2019

Minorities remain under-represented in key institutions across India, suggests a new study. (Photo: PTI)

Indian democracy’s power-sharing problem

1 min read . 16 Jul 2019

Though certain constituencies are reserved for SC and ST categories, their representation often does not extend beyond the Lok Sabha. (Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

Indian democracy’s power-sharing problem

1 min read . 16 Jul 2019

Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (Mint file)

Opinion | Let democracy win

1 min read . 09 Jul 2019

We must ensure our democratic institutions are not eroded

The citizen’s manifesto

6 min read . 31 May 2019

Y is for Yeti, the most unlikely cameo in the election season after its footprints were allegedly photographed by the Indian Army.

Opinion | A glossary of the festival of democracy

6 min read . 25 May 2019

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

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