30 March 2022 | 2 min read The Background After India’s independence in 1947, the Indian Civil Services (ICS) became the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) and continues to be an […]
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28 February 2022 | 3 min read In 2017, Cpt. Amarinder Singh led the Indian National Congress to a sizable victory against the incumbent Shiromani Akali Dal government. In the […]
4 February 2022 | 3 min read The Background Historically, the politics of Punjab has been dominated by two parties – the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Shiromani Akali […]
27 January 2022 | 2 min read The world of cabinet reshuffles A cabinet reshuffle occurs when government ministers are moved between posts. They can be relatively minor – for […]
23 December 2021 | 4 min read Background On May 10, 2021, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma of the Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister of […]
Ojas Arora 29 November 2021 | 3 min read The state of Haryana has often made headlines for its skewed sex ratio and low Gender Development Index (GDI) and despite […]
Aishwarya Sunaad 24 November 2021 | 3 min read To understand the nature of the politics of a region, looking at the performance of political leaders is a key factor––even […]
Ananay Agarwal 31 October 2021 | 2 min read At first glance, one would assume that women are well represented in Kerala politics. After all, the state regularly boasts of […]
Niharika Mehrotra 13 September 2021 | 2 min read In this column, we use recently collected data on women contestants to the Assam 2021 election to bring some perspective on […]
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Women Politicians in Tamil Nadu
Shreyashree Nayak 28 August 2021 | 2 min read Tamil Nadu’s politics has changed deeply since the demise of its former Chief Minister and ADMK party leader, J. Jayalalitha, in […]