The Question About Democracy: A Sociological Reflection – Abhijeet M. Vaidye
On the morning of the election, the city was unusually alive. Banners fluttered from electric poles, political slogans echoed from…
Deconstructing India’s Democracy: Essays in Honour of James Manor edited by Rob Jenkins and Louise Tillin – Malavika Pradhan
Deconstructing India’s Democracy: Essays in Honour of James Manor, edited by Rob Jenkins and Louise Tillin (published by Orient Blackswan…
Digital Democracy: Social Media’s Role in the 2024 Indian Elections – Srishti Ganguly
On June 4, the enormous task of tallying millions of votes for the 18th Lok Sabha election was completed by the Election Commission of India, marking the world’s greatest six-week, seven-phase democratic process. Like many others, I found myself immersed in social media, particularly Instagram’s ‘reel’ section, where I spent hours…
No Nation for Women: Reportage on Rape from India, the World’s Largest Democracy by Priyanka Dubey (2018): A Review by Srilagna Majumdar
Feminism begins with a basic recognition and a simple question. The recognition is that women have adhered to a class…
The Misinformation Capture and Hate Takeover: A Case Of Indian Media – Anjali Chauhan
The Indian media is in a state of crisis. And this crisis is not accidental or random, but systematic and…
Instant Access, Unequal Knowledge and Democracy – Maitrayee Chaudhuri
New information and communication technologies have ushered in a world of 24×7 breaking news; Twitter fights; WhatsApp messages; Facebook posts;…
A Book Discussion on Planning Democracy: Modern India’s Quest for Development With Nikhil Menon
Nikhil Menon is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is a historian of modern…
Vernacular Politics in Northeast India: Democracy, Ethnicity and Indigeneity edited by Jelle J.P. Wouters (2022): A Review by Abir Lal Mazumder
Vernacular Politics in Northeast India: Democracy, Ethnicity and Indigeneity edited by Jelle J.P. Wouters (published by Oxford University Press in…
The Culture of Democracy: A Sociological Approach to Civil Society by Bin Xu (2022): A Review by Alex Afouxenidis
Bin Xu’s The Culture of Democracy: A Sociological Approach to Civil Society (published by Polity Press in 2022) is a…
The New Republic: Populism, Power and Trajectories of Indian Democracy edited by Shray Mehta and Ravi Kumar (2022): A Review by Victor Alembik
In their newly edited book, The New Republic: Populism, Power and Trajectories of Indian Democracy (published by Aakar Books in…