Cover Stories

A Resignation is Not Enough

The Election Commission can announce corrective measures, but four pages cannot erase months of questions. Who authorised the changes? Who controlled the database? Who ordered the SIR? Until those q

Fr. Gaurav Nair Fr. Gaurav Nair
05 Oct 2026

The Chief Election Commissioner Subverts Democracy

The Indian Express, September 23, 2026, ran the front-page Investigation Report "14 times in 10 months, two Election Commissioners objected on record to steps taken by Commission – from keeping them i

G Ramachandram G Ramachandram
05 Oct 2026

Articles

Corrective press notes are not substitutes for accountability. This crisis demands independent investigation, judicial scrutiny and reversal of the SIR. Institutional complicity is the gravest betraya

Oliver D'Souza Oliver D'Souza
05 Oct 2026

The revelations have shattered public confidence in the Election Commission. Gyanesh Kumar's continuance as Chief Election Commissioner is untenable. Whether through resignation or impeachment, he mus

Cedric Prakash Cedric Prakash
05 Oct 2026

It was never the powerful, privileged or educated who kept Indian democracy alive, but the poor who queued under the scorching sun to exercise their franchise. Now, the very machinery entrusted with p

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
05 Oct 2026

The Opposition has a historic opportunity to unite against the erosion of electoral integrity and defend citizens' fundamental right to vote. Delayed response, political fragmentation and narrow inter

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
05 Oct 2026

India's institutions were supposed to be built on merit, independence and constitutional accountability. Yet, beneath their lofty credentials, kinship networks quietly reproduce privilege, compromise

John Dayal John Dayal
05 Oct 2026

Article 342 of the Constitution of India empowers the President to officially specify indigenous tribes, tribal communities, or specific groups within them as "Scheduled Tribes," in consultation with

Pachu Menon Pachu Menon
05 Oct 2026

I have seen the professional anti-caste intellectual. S/He arrives. S/He speaks. S/He refers to Ambedkar. S/He cites John Rawls. S/He quotes Michael Foucault.

Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla
05 Oct 2026

Before recording a crime, obtain written consent from everyone involved

Robert Clements Robert Clements
05 Oct 2026