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Brazil reveals EVM source code, why shouldn't India?

New Delhi, July 6 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) mulishly rejects the demand of citizens to reveal the source code of its electronic voting machine. The origin of this demand lies in the wi... Read More


Defections: Faux morality vs real democracy

New Delhi, June 29 -- The defection of legislators from the Aam Aadmi Party, the Trinamool Congress, and the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) is a shameless spectacle dressed as a morality play. Its scrip... Read More


What Joe Sacco leaves unsaid

New Delhi, June 22 -- Journalist and cartoonist Joe Sacco's The Once and Future Riot unsettled me for a reason other than those Penguin Random House India cited for not distributing his book in the In... Read More


The transparency question at the heart of the EVM debate

New Delhi, June 15 -- Professor Mridul Nandi addressed a seminar last week at Kolkata's Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) on a topic puzzling to most citizens: How transparent is the current EVM [Ele... Read More


Why India's political class fears the CJP

New Delhi, June 8 -- The significance of the Cockroach Janata Party's leap from online to real life at Jantar Mantar lay in its endeavour to dispel the fear paralysing the Indian political system, whi... Read More