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Caravan Baatcheet: The impact of costly elections on Indian democracy
Security
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Commentary
The Ukraine crisis spotlights the West’s need to understand India’s democratic decline
Conflict
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Commentary
The Panchayati Raj system will be the new instrument of India’s control over Kashmir
Samreen Mushtaq
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Mudasir Amin
Politics
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Interview
“Pluralism is not anybody’s gift, it cannot be taken away”: Former vice president Hamid Ansari
Jipson John and Jitheesh PM
Politics
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Interview
Forget being a rich man’s democracy, we are not even a democracy: ADR’s Jagdeep S Chhokar
Ajaz Ashraf
Government
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Essay
Does the Constitution keep its promises?
Achin Vanaik
Politics
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Commentary
Political Hindutva is the Biggest Challenge to India’s Ethos
Ksatchida Nandan
Politics
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Commentary
Why the fight against corruption in Pakistan may be harming democracy
Kiran Nazish
Conflict
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Photo Essay
The defiant democracy of Somaliland
Chantal Heijnen
Politics
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The Lede
Voting restrictions for people with felony convictions threaten American democracy
Alexandra Melnick
Conflict
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Books
What next for Nepal?
Roman Gautam
Politics
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Reportage
What will the coming elections mean for Kashmir?
Sanjay Kak
Law
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Books
Is the Supreme Court collegium compromising judicial independence?
Suhrith Parthasarthy
Media
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Commentary
How the lack of a philosophical model makes the press India's most vulnerable institution
Vinod K Jose
Politics
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The Lede
An unprecedented challenge to the Communist Party’s monopoly on power
Steve Finch
Law
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Books
Has the Constitution transformed Indian society?
Nicholas Robinson
Caste
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Essay
Why we don’t talk about inequality—and how to start again
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Politics
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Reportage
What lies between Myanmar’s totalitarian past and its uncertain future
Salil Tripathi
Policy
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Commentary
Changing the rules of campaign finance, one rupee at a time
Caravan Circulation Help
Film
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Essay
Open frame’s 11th edition reinforces PSBT’s identity as an invigorating platform for debate.
Snigdha Poonam
Politics
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Commentary
How the reverberations of Egypt’s revolution sounded across the rest of the Middle East
Issandr El Amrani
Politics
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The Lede
Seven years after the American invasion, Iraq’s Kurds have weathered an influx of Arabs and Turks and established an enclave of prosperity
Graeme Wood
Crime
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Photo Essay
West Africa has never been a bastion of democracy, but as the drug trade remains ever lucrative, even the government of Guinea-Bissau appears to be cashing in on narcotics—at the peril of its people.
Marco Vernaschi
Politics
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Essay
One Hundred and Twenty Five years of the Congress Party
Ramachandra Guha