Sanjeev Chopra

3 weeks ago | garhwalpost.in | Sanjeev Chopra |Ravi Mishra

Book ReviewBy Dr Sanjeev ChopraDemocracy Representation Delimitation – The North South Divide in Indiaby Ravi K MishraThat the book is informative, engaging, provocative and rooted ‘in the context of the contemporary’ is clear from the cover itself: the font size of Demography is bigger than that of Representation and Delimitation. The sub-title of the book draws from the oft quoted political formulation about the North South divide – as if the East and the West did not matter at all.

1 month ago | theprint.in | Sanjeev Chopra |Shekhar Gupta

Between 9 June, 1964 after Jawaharlal Nehru’s death and his own tragic passing at Tashkent on 11 January, 1966, Shastri also served for exactly 19 months. And why do we argue that these were as consequential for India’s political evolution as the Emergency if in entirely contrasting ways?

Jan 14, 2025 | indianmasterminds.com | Sanjeev Chopra

Indian Masterminds StoriesArunava Sinha’s English translation of the Bangla Lobonakto by Anita Agnihotri, ‘A Touch of Salt’ (ATS), is set in the Rann of Kutch and those villages and towns of Gujarat where the Mahatma (referred to as Gandhibaba) undertook the Dandi March in 1930, a turning point in the history of our freedom movement.

Jan 12, 2025 | garhwalpost.in | Sanjeev Chopra

By Dr Sanjeev ChopraIs Parliament Really Supreme? There is no doubt that from the point of view of political theory, among the three organs of governance – executive, legislative and judiciary, the legislative is supreme. The executive is in power for as long as it commands the majority on the floor of the house, and the courts can only interpret the laws enacted by them.

Jan 11, 2025 | millenniumpost.in | Sanjeev Chopra

Is the Parliament really supreme? There is no doubt that from the point of view of political theory, among the three organs of governance—executive, legislative and judiciary—the legislative is supreme. The executive is in power for as long as it commands the majority on the floor of the house, and the courts can only interpret the laws enacted by them.