IIM Calcutta: The Democracy of Decisions

Forecast 2022

Is Democracy a Vaccine?

Covid and the poligarchy of India

Editor’s Note

It was a year that made us wiser—and modest

The Democratic Pace of Reforms

Slow and steady change, with reasonable consensus, is more durable

Dharmocracy: Hindutva and Democracy

Deen Dayal Upadhyay gave democracy an indigenous foundation

Nobel Journalism

The ideological message of the prize is at odds with what is truly celebratory about it

The Virtuous Shaming

Liberals' failure to stand up for their values has enabled the new age of conformity

Independence to Republicanism

The contrasting styles of nationalism and citizenship

The Ideal Against the Political

The making—and the almost unmaking—of the Constitution