For cynical voters who would rather not take the trouble to step into the electoral booth, Jill Telford’s exhortation — ‘Vote as though your life depends on ...

The Dera Sacha Sauda cult in Punjab and Haryana began to flex its political muscles in 2007, and by 2014, its clout had begun to matter in the Lok Sabha elec...

While Indians are in the midst of electing those who will lead the country for the next five years, The Week has struck a different note by looking back at tw...

India seems to be at home with internal terrorist groups, which contrasts starkly with the pro-active stance against global terrorists like Masood Azhar. Aft...

Political cartoon, as described by Thomas Knieper, is a drawing (often including caricature) made for the purpose of conveying editorial commentary on politi...

The Left Front, comprising the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI (M), the Communist Party of India (CPI) and other smaller communist parties, over t...

The world’s largest democratic exercise unfolding in India seems to be more about poll strategies than issues. In seeking to enter the minds of politicians t...

Why is it that the media at large has taken to do electoral surveys based on narrow divisions like religion and caste? So far, playing the sectarian card and...

Ahead of the first phase of polling in Lok Sabha election 2019, some prominent citizens have begun a ‘vote against hate’ campaign highlighted by a section of...

Traditional Folk Media (TFM) is termed as the most effective means of communication in today’s world since it not only helps to connect people with their tra...

The IMPECT Study (#IMPECTStudy #WeAreWatchingYou) of the Print Media, especially Times Of India from March 10-20 shows the pace of media shifting the issues ...

The IMPECT Study (#WeAreWatchingYou) in the period March 10-20 shows an effort by ToI for voter education with ‘Dance of Democracy’ — coverage of poll-relate...