Behind smokescreen, SIR 2.0 could be biggest exercise in voter exclusion
An analysis of the SIR 2.0 exercise reveals large-scale voter exclusion across Indian states, raising serious concerns about disenfranchisement and electoral integrity.
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Parliament should discuss preventing electoral deforms, not bringing reforms
Yogendra Yadav. You are talking about desh, kaal and patra.” This was my colleague Vijay Mahajan, also a national convenor of Bharat Jodo Abhiyaan. We share a penchant for naming things. It’s just that he is smarter, more conceptual. As he was that day in Patna when I was struggling to show a pattern across…
The original thinker the thought elite didn’t celebrate — and should have.
A reflective tribute to Sachchidanand Sinha, an overlooked intellectual giant whose original socialist thought, political insight and lifelong commitment to simple living and high thinking shaped India’s ideological landscape.
SIR questions, beyond Aadhaar: The Election Commission is ignoring its own rules
The Election Commission’s SIR process bypasses legal norms, risking disenfranchisement and raising questions of transparency and democratic integrity.
Revisiting Nirmal Verma
By Yogendra Yadav. Nirmal Verma (1929-2005) is an unlikely thinker to turn to for reclaiming our positive nationalism. Many would consider him unfit for this project, as his ideas could be appropriated by the other, narrow-minded nationalism. That is precisely why we need to revisit Verma, the thinker, when we mark this October the 20th…