Allegations of bias and opacity raise doubts about the Election Commission’s neutrality in India’s democracy.

The Jamaat-e-Islami youth wing’s victory in elections to the university’s student wing is a disturbing trend in national politics

Deadly protests by youths in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal show how lack of attention to inclusive development can fuel public anger

The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar has been contentious. It will be even more so in West Bengal, given the ongoing labelling of Bengali migrant workers as Bangladeshis

Rahul Gandhi’s national campaign against voter list fraud is perhaps less about making a comeback and more about saving Indian democracy

The country’s geopolitical vulnerabilities could deepen as political fissures widen.

Proscribing the Awami League could further erode democratic values and practices in Bangladesh

The US president’s disruptive policies reveal a superpower unsettled by its waning dominance

An Unnatural Convergence: Hard Right and Radical Left in Their Anti-Westernism and Fascination with Russia


Last year’s students’ movement has brought to sharp relief the continuing religio-linguistic divide in Bangladesh