In a democracy, there is something inherently unusual about the ruling party taking to the political battlefield to defend an institution that is supposed to require no political defence at all. If allegations are made against the Election Commission of India, the obvious answer should not have to come from the BJP, or any other political party. It should come from the Election Commission itself. That distinction matters. The Election Commission's credibility derives precisel

On 10 October access to Jantar Mantar is blocked and more than 4,000 peaceful protestors are detained across the capital.

The real legacy of Gandhi is not merely the garland placed before his photograph every October 2. It lives whenever an ordinary Indian believes that power can be questioned without violence, and that questioning those who govern is not an act of disloyalty.

Gyanesh Kumar should be put behind the bars and People who are backing him in the government should be scrutinized and punished accordingly.

By threatening punitive tariffs on nations such as India and China, the legislation appears to shift the burden of resolving conflicts onto countries that neither started these wars nor control their outcomes.