Category: Politics and Governance in India

On Religious Freedoms and Secularism

This post has been pending for a while. A few months ago, the Freedom Team of India (of which I am a member) released its draft policy on Religious Freedom and Tolerance for public...

Quote of the week – Living in Hope

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna (in Rajya Sabha on 30th July ’09): In spite of Pakistan’s reluctance to help us to improve our relations, India’s endeavour will be to continue to impress upon...

What on earth is a “disclosure agreement”*?

While everyone from Shekhar Gupta to the PM (“Media blowing things out of proportion“) and most recently the Army chief, caution us not to get worried about China or get into the 1962 mindset...

EVMs and Unanswered Questions – Part II

Recap from yesterday: The serious questions being asked include: If the polling was not even complete how could “votes polled” data be available for all but 47 of the 8071 candidates? If EVM’s were...