Mondeep Borah

Nov 22, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Bhabani Nayak |Pratap Antony |Mondeep Borah |MA Krishna

Democracy is not just voting; it’s sustained citizen participation to ensure justice and accountability- Amartya SenIn many Third World countries, democracy has an odd five-year cycle. Election seasons provide people a brief but tremendous sense of empowerment, but the years between often neglected and despairing. Third World politics, which value transactional relationships between governments and citizens over democracy, fuels this “five-yearly democracy”.

Nov 5, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Bhabani Nayak |Pratap Antony |Mondeep Borah |MA Krishna

The advanced capitalist countries—including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, and several Western European nations—have failed to offer their citizens a genuine range of choices in terms of availability and accessibility of multiple political parties, different ideologies, alternative policies options, and visions for the future.

Nov 3, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Pratap Antony |Mondeep Borah |MA Krishna |Bhabani Nayak

When light strikes an object the angle of the reflected ray formed at the intersection is the angle of incidence. The law of reflection states that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. The basic angle of incidence between government and citizens in a democracy should one of equality.

Oct 30, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Nilofar Suhrawardy |Mondeep Borah |Bhabani Nayak |Andre Damon

Compared to Haryana, Maharashtra assembly elections may be viewed as quite different from several angles. These may not be regarded as a strong fight between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (INC) with reputation of primarily their key leaders’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi at stake.

Oct 30, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Mondeep Borah |Mohd Khan |MA Krishna |Bhabani Nayak

The theoretically odd experiment of democracy in India often demands a conceptual universe of its own in order to make sense of its proper functioning. The building blocks of this universe derive their meanings from the political practices that often bear unpredictable results, rendering the meaning making tools derived from the West or other non-Western countries unfit for their understanding.