Topic: Democracy

Syed Shadab Asdaque and Mohammad Rehan “The survival of our democracy … depend upon the realisation that constitutional morality is no less essential than constitutional...

Laxmi Tanuja Siliveru & Megha Kedia One of the objectives of the proposed 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2025, is that the conduct and character of...

Historically, the Jarawas live as a well-knit, nomadic community in the dense forests of Middle and South Andaman. Their numbers are estimated to be...

In this interview, against the backdrop of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Aishwary Kumar talks to Maktoob about the crisis of democracy in India. The interview focuses on the rise of the Hindu right and the majoritarian appropriation of the Constitution and democratic processes, legitimising and crafting a popular indifference towards the atrocities committed against Muslims and other minorities.

Bihar for the last decade, has witnessed constant fluctuation in political alliances. Amid this coalition politics, two parties namely RJD and JDU have always been at the center of negotiation. Rotationally, these parties have been ruling Bihar for the last three decades, backed with an alliance formula, based their ideology on the principle of social justice and the emancipation of the oppressed. 

We should be clear about the order of imminence for India in this election. The fact that such orders of imminence are neither divined nor destined is the insight of Marxist theory. The experience of imminence—what may befall us—is given through our collective responsible practice of reason.