democracy

The walls are closing in on India’s democracy
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Ashraf Engineer December 23, 2023 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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Grim outlook for press freedom in India
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Ashraf Engineer June 10, 2023 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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‘Authoritarians want to capture institutions because they don’t want any division of power’
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Ashraf Engineer March 29, 2023 Among the various worries about, and threats to, Indian democracy...
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The weaponisation of central agencies
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Ashraf Engineer March 11, 2023 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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‘First past the post system is not ideal; electoral reforms needed’
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Ashraf Engineer March 1, 2023 The mere existence of elections does not mean we have...
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‘Elgar Parishad case defies logic, creates perpetual sense of disbelief’
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Ashraf Engineer February 8, 2023 The Elgar Parishad case, in which several activists have been...
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Why BBC documentary on Gujarat riots really angers Modi
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Ashraf Engineer January 28, 2023 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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‘Tharoor is not elitist, has middle-class background; he’s not in the race to lose’
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Ashraf Engineer October 10, 2022 Shashi Tharoor’s campaign to be Congress president has earned him...
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World’s largest democracy is among the worst for journalists
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Ashraf Engineer August 20, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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‘We are witnessing the decay of the Indian judiciary in real time’
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Ashraf Engineer August 15, 2022 The steady decline of democracy, institutions and freedoms in India...
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Twitter case verdict will indicate future of free speech in India
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Ashraf Engineer July 30, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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Scrap the useless Anti-Defection Law, overhaul electoral process
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Tushar Gandhi July 12, 2022 Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram, the phrase that came to be...
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Audio podcast: ‘Key laws affecting citizens’ lives were passed without consulting them’
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Ashraf Engineer May 18, 2022 The Pre-Legislative Consultation Policy says the government should place a...
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Audio podcast: State polls a bellwether for our democracy, semi-final for 2024
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Ashraf Engineer February 19, 2022 Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf...
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Audio podcast: Why are right wingers so afraid of stand-up comedians?
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By Ashraf Engineer December 4, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter....
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Audio podcast: What farmers taught us about democracy and inclusiveness
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Ashraf Engineer November 27, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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Gandhi at Independence – Part 2: ‘From today, you have to wear the crown of thorns’
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This is the conclusion of a two-part series on how Gandhi spent the days leading...
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Gandhi at Independence – Part 1: ‘As long as my faith burns bright, I shall be alive in the grave’
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This is the first of a two-part series on how Gandhi spent the days leading...
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Audio: What Father Stan Swamy’s death says about us
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Ashraf Engineer July 10, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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Gandhi had warned us about corruption in elections
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Tushar Gandhi April 19 , 2021 We need an electorate which is impartial, independent and...
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Sedition law an imperial legacy, a tool of subjugation
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Tushar Gandhi April 2, 2021 What is the sedition law? Indian Penal Code, 1860, 71...
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Audio podcast: The space for dissent and freedoms is shrinking in India
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Ashraf Engineer March 31, 2021 Recently, the V-Dem Institute declared India an ‘electoral autocracy’, pointing...
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Audio podcast: What happened to the Indian news media?
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Ashraf Engineer October 10, 2020 A fair press that asks probing questions to the government...
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This Gandhi Jayanti, get up, stand up
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Tushar Gandhi October 2, 2020 Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen; they...
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