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Instead of providing stability, the law has undermined our democracy. It is time to scrap the anti-defection law.
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BJP is at crossroads and must decide whether it will become more radically rightwing or should it moderate its pitch to try and appeal to a diverse…
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The imagination and collective life of a nation are defined in large part by its public discourse. We need to rescue India's conversation with itself…
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Third and final piece in the Hindustan Times Series
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Platforms are not just sentient about the users and content on their platforms but straddle the continuum from mere distributors to publishers
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WHY THE CURRENT APPROACHES ARE GEARED TO FAIL AND POSSIBLE PATH FORWARD
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Published in The Hindustan Times Social media platforms achieved unbridled growth by adopting a laissez-faire approach to user-generated content. This…
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This is the Executive Summary of Future of India Foundation’s upcoming report, “Politics of Disinformation”. An edited version was printed as an oped in…
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What is missing in the Opposition is a clear counter-narrative with a pan-Indian imagination.
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The excessive centralisation of power in party platforms and the head of the government has hijacked public interest, leaving no room to construct a…
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Democratic functioning may be an ideological imperative, operational choice, or legitimising tactic but it is not an end in itself for a political party
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The IPAC model is predicated on undermining the party system
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