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Why should there be Women in Political Parties ???

It’s no secret that women are under-represented in Indian politics. However strategically speaking does it make sense for political parties to back female politicians? The answer to that question is a...

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India’s Politicians Unite Against Transparency!

This month saw the passing of a judgement by India’s Central Information Commission (CIC), that classifies nationally recognized political parties as ‘public authorities’. What does this mean? This...

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7 stats on the 2014 Lok Sabha elections that will blow your mind into many...

Here are some heartwarming stats from last year’s mega elections that may restore your faith in humanity and/or blow your mind.  1) 73% of voters in Vadodra or 8.45 lakh people voted for Narendra Modi...

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Women’s Empowerment in Indian Politics is here to stay (just kidding) !

We heard them loud and clear last year as they screamed hoarse about the need for empowering women in India. In the lead up to Lok Sabha 2014, all political parties told us how they plan to tackle...

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Arvind Kejriwal: An Insignificant Man

For a two-year period, cameras followed Arvind Kejriwal and his team to create An Insignificant Man, a documentary that chronicles the rise of Aam Aadmi Party to its present day leadership in Delhi....

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Political Parties vs RTI

When politicians across party lines join forces, it is usually against  our best interests. Here’s how our nationally recognized political parties have tried their utmost to stay out of the ambit of...

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Why are we passing bills to make corruption easier for political parties?

Lack of financial transparency in the political system has always been one of our key challenges as a democracy. Recently, the government passed a bill in the Lok Sabha that will potentially lead to an...

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Lok Sabha Honours List 2017 – Our most useless MPs

We know that our MPs hate attending parliament and being productive – but some are worse than others. There is an official record maintained of the activity of all MPs in parliament including...

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The ‘Criminal’ Quota in Indian Politics

Issues related to the criminalization of Indian politics are well known. Political parties are obsessed with winning elections, and have always provided tickets to candidates who are most likely to win...

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Assaulted, Abducted or Raped a Woman? Please be my MLA.

India has always been a world leader at electing those with pending criminal cases. Our political parties have forever provided us with a steady pipeline of criminally tainted candidates . And as...

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