Democracy is often described in technical terms. We speak of elections, representation, separation of powers, judicial review. But beneath these arrangements lies a more difficult question- What is democracy for? If it is only a mechanism for counting vot... See more
Democracy begins with a wager. It wagers that ordinary citizens, diverse in background and unequal in power, can nonetheless participate meaningfully in collective self-government. That wager is not only political; it is epistemic. It assumes that citizen... See more
Mumbai, Feb 17: The Igatpuri Judicial Magistrate First Class court has ordered the release of all accused in the alleged Rs 400-crore cash heist and kidnapping case, terming the crime’s central premise “fabricated” and dramatically altering the course of ... See more
Democracy in deeply divided societies is not simply a method of choosing governments. It is an institutional wager against fear. Where political cleavages are organized around ethnicity, religion, language, caste, race, or region, and where these cleavage... See more
Mumbai, Feb 16: The Mumbai Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached seven immovable properties, including residential flats in Mumbai, worth about Rs 5.88 crore belonging to Faisal Shaikh and his wife Alfiya, residents o... See more
