Jan. 26 is celebrated in India as Republic Day, marking the day the country’s constitution went into effect.  . ..…

I have been plugging for inner-party democracy to be made legally required as the first step to save democracy in India. ... Democracy also means a government by discussion. Discourse has almost entirely disappeared from our politics. ..…

Afghanistan is living example of freedom loving people who have earned the title of creating 'Graveyard of Empires Now is the turn of RSS controlled republic of India. ..…

Will BJP and Congress quit stalling the revival of the true spirit of democracy and India, or will that remain pipe dream.. ..…

Ramachandra Guha, India After Gandhi: The History Of The World’s Largest Democracy . . ... Hyderabad became a part of the republic of India. The Indian government wore a victorious smile. . ..…

For decades, New Delhi has been asserting that Kashmir is an integral part of India. The ongoing austere actions and the massive military deployment clearly tell that it would “annexe” Kashmir into the Republic of India by overriding all international humanitarian laws. . ..…

International observers who have long admired India's democracy have expressed shock over the government's actions Kashmir, access emergency services or medical care, and communicate or express themselves. ..…

British India known as the raj consisted of massive, ethnically diverse mega-state that included the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Burma. Ever it's fact that India's democracy is withering away in except name. ..…

The occupation and the long-term use of direct rule imposed for approximately ten of the past 42 years contribute to the perception of Kashmiris that they are nothing more than vassals within the Republic of India.. ..…

Santosh Basak/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images Indira Gandhi inspecting troops during the Emergency, Calcutta, March 1976 Speaking on November 25, 1949, just as India became a democratic republic, B.R. ... India, in this view, was released from a nightmare, and Indian democracy..…

Under the present circumstances of state-level government-by-the-centre in Indian-held Kashmir, the Indian Supreme Court is likely to be confronted with a question of profound importance for democracy in India and around the world: can a head of state ‘consult’ [Article 370(1)(b)(i)] and..…

India, often dubbed the “world’s biggest democracy”, has in Prime Minister Narinda Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appointed one of the most far-right and extremist nationalist governments in the world. ... Over the past year, democracy in India has..…

Faculty members Ashutosh Varshney and Patrick Heller, for example, developed partnership with Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy India to study the connection between engagement and access to basic services India's cities.. ..…

The 10 countries are Bangladesh, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, and Vietnam.. ... In Cambodia, Haiti, India and Peru reduction in rural areas outpaced that in urban areas demonstrating development and Bangladesh and..…

On India’s Republic Day, we must remember Kunan Poshpora Published on: 26 January 2017 . ..…

They are India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Indonesia, Egypt, and United States.. ..…

A majority in the world’s largest democracy, India, consciously used their democratic right to vote — to advance sectarian and nationalist ends. . ..…

What should worry us in the insidious recasting of the Republic of India as a Hindu State . ... What should worry us the most, perhaps, is the insidious recasting of the Republic of India as a Hindu State. ..…

Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times South Asia chief, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss India's election process and the issues facing the largest democracy... ... For more on India's election process and the issues facing the democracy, I spoke with Jeffrey..…

can policies enacted based on election outcomes be representative of their policy preferences. 65 women, missing from India's electorate, raising question on how well their concerns are represented in democracy... ..…

According to admissions Sandhu's agreement, since 2013, Sandhu had in human smuggling conspiracy operating out of Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, India and elsewhere   Sandhu admitted he assisted around 400 aliens to unlawfully enter United States between 2013 and 2015 as part of..…

God votes India, abstains Britain, Part II Published on June 2018. Unlike India, British democracy, distorted by Mammon, is spared by God... ..…

The People's Republic of China, India, Bangladesh and Philippines are target countries for waste-to-energy conversion, titled. ..…

India's claim regarding J&K has stated since 1947 that the entire territory of J&K is integral part of the Republic of India. ..…

During Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa 2014 summit, Even India, will reply it's Russia, because Russia has been with India in times of crisis... In 2000, the leaders of both nations signed Declaration on Strategic Partnership Between the Republic of India and..…

The commission said armed forces are “apolitical and neutral stakeholders in a modern democracy.” . India’s Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora gestures while speaking to the media during a news conference in New Delhi, India, March 10, 2019. ..…

Within India, the secular forces are joining hands and are fighting against the intolerance unleashed by RSS and BJP extremists who want to further the Hindutva values, which are contrary to the secular values needed to take India forward as a 21st century democracy . . ... Within India,..…

According to in the report by Derrick Wang, College and Honor's Vice Chair for Community Relations, the top three countries of citizenship for international students at University in fall 2017 were China, India and Republic of Korea, respectively. ..…

Critics among Indian historians and Muslim leaders say the actions of BJP and other Hindu activist groups are threat to harmony, and put the very nature of India as democracy at stake.. ..…

The time one reason for it was that they wanted to show Soviet Union and the Eastern Europeans, Look, this is what democracy means.. Likewise India, it's not settled, and what you are not having China and India are what they all said was going to happen, that of course we will have..…

While   Indian Independence Day marks the anniversary of Indian Independence from British on August 1947,   India's Republic Day commemorates the adoption of Constitution of Indian republic  on 26 January 1950. Indian Republic Day marks the formal, constitutional End to over..…

Large hoardings Jaipur, the capital of one of the five poll-bound states India, call upon the voters to celebrate the democracy festival tyohar, Hindi word for religious festival. ..…

That refusal to give population rights equivalent to that of the population happens to be the sin of representative democracy.  Rather both India and Pakistan seem to resemble George Orwell's. Two disturbing incidents in the film crystallize these dangerous prejudices.  ..…

Dominican Republic . Ecuador . Egypt . Ethiopia . Ghana . Guatemala . ... India . Republic of Korea . Mexico . Nepal . New Zealand . Nigeria . Panama . ..…

In-depth coverage of the world’s largest democracy for India and its far-flung diaspora . . . ..…

IN, elected this year Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea, Fiji, India, Italy, Philippines, Somalia, Togo and Uruguay. . ..…

By examining the funding of political campaigns which, The in which Tweedies operate in Indian context can be comprehended, in turn, makes India democracy. ..…

The session of the #UN General Debate Latvia Papua New Guinea Oman India Syrian Arab Republic Democratic People's Republic of Korea.. ..…

Activists Commonwealth nations with whom Washington Blade spoke this week remains unclear whether last India Supreme Court ruling that struck down the country's colonial-era law will bolster efforts to decriminalize in their own countries. Tomlinson also noted India Supreme Court..…

We can imagine significant threat to U.S ally, whether it be Japan, Republic of Korea, India, Taiwan, or perhaps Philippines. ..…

By forging alliance with Thailand, Taiwan and other Asian nations, U.S and India can accelerate economic growth in the region.. President Obama's visit to New Delhi January as the guest of India's Republic Day celebrations followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's September state..…

Nine countries are expected to account for half of the population growth, and they're almost all Africa or Asia   India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Indonesia and Uganda are expected to grow the most, roughly in that order.. ..…

Needless to say, India, the largest democracy in the world, is dire need of enforcing its constitutional rights and provisions for the most marginalized members of its society.. ..…

For a country that bills itself as “the world’s biggest democracy,” India sure has a habit of shutting its minorities out of the democratic system. ..…

This year, as India marks 60 years with a strong and democratic constitution, the lesson is clear: India has succeeded, not in spite of democracy; India has succeeded because of democracy. ... There is so much that countries transitioning to democracy..…

The U.N ranks U.S with eight other countries India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Uganda, Ethiopia and China as accounting for fully half of the population growth by 2050. ..…