Anna and the Lokpal Bill: ‘Short-Cut’ Democracy?
Sinderpal Singh Research Fellow, ISAS The continuing saga over the Lokpal Bill’s purview has been front-page news in India for the past few weeks. Seemingly riding on a wave of public discontent...
View ArticleCriminals and Clemency
Pratima Singh Research Associate, ISAS The Madras High Court stayed the execution of the three convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case for eight weeks on Wednesday, 31 August. Simultaneously,...
View ArticleManipur: A Paradox of Violence and Cultural Aesthetics
Rodney Sebastian Research Associate, ISAS The consequences of the recently ended 92-day blockade of the highway in Manipur— which some say is the longest in Indian history —have been disastrous. Four...
View ArticleRationalizing the Retail Reforms
Pratima Singh Research Associate, ISAS The enthusiasm generated in India Inc. by the Government’s decision to allow 51 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, one of the most...
View ArticleA Day at Parliament
Ronojoy Sen Visiting Research Fellow, ISAS I was looking forward to December 7 with some anticipation. The reason: Indian Parliament was set to resume normal business after each and every day of the...
View ArticleAndhra in a Crisis
Anusha Thallam Research Associate, ISAS The agitations for a separate Telangana state completed two years on 9 December 2011. The idea of a separate Telangana state might have had a long history but it...
View ArticleThe Opposition (?) in South Asia’s Oldest Democracy
Gloria Spittel Research Associate, ISAS For the record, it is Sri Lanka – the oldest continuous democracy in South Asia. Ask a Sri Lankan about the opposition; the smirks, the rolling of eyes, the...
View ArticleIndian media: ‘Pimps, sharpers, bawds and opera-girls’?
Robin Jeffrey Visiting Research Professor, ISAS This has been the summer, autumn and winter of India’s discontent. The Anna Hazare movement, a crowd-drawing, TV-friendly embodiment of middle-class...
View ArticleArunachal Pradesh: A Story of Quiet Transformation from Tribal Land to Modern...
Rodney Sebastian Research Associate, ISAS Little is known about Arunachal Pradesh, a small and quiet state located in Northeast India. Here I attempt to shed some light on this state as it represents...
View ArticleWe Shall Overcome, or Shall We?
Suvi Dogra Research Associate That the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has had an especially difficult year became more evident with the government’s ambitious plans of Foreign Direct Investment...
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