Just as sibling rivalry can cause fissures in a corporate empire, political parties too can break up for similar reasons.
One recent example was the disintegration of the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra because the two cousins, Raj and Uddhav Thackeray, could not get along with each other. Now, another st...
In an inclusive democracy, political power is perhaps the strongest tool to eradicate all forms of inequality. The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha has brought forward some interesting scenarios for the Indian polity. This struggle for political rights by women's gr...
The apparently bizarre nature of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's politics can be understood by remembering that she is driven by an intense desire to make a mark in politics and, moreover, to do so in a manner which she believes will impress the core group of her supporters, the Dalits.
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The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, elevates Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi to a league of her own and guarantees her a defining place for posterity.
There is perhaps no parallel in modern political history anywhere in...
Man’s cruelty, exploitation and oppression of other men have been so rampant through our long and tortuous history that to talk of ethics as possibly being part of our nature seems ironic. Good men and women, throughout the ages, have goaded us to be moral and ethical – to live lives of ...
