How can the Congress party reinvent itself? In this article for the New Indian Express, Shankkar Aiyar looks at the importance of leadership and clarity of ideology for the success of political parties....

The midterm system not only preserves but also facilitates federalism, retains the power of citizens, establishes a unique check on ruling parties at both the tiers and delivers significantly over the current system.

The commentary on the accuracy and credibility of exit polls depends on the ‘who’ factor—entrenched emotions of identity and ideology rather than the matrix of mathematics.

The idea of NOTA cannot be just an item song in the electoral process of the world’s largest democracy.

Political parties have erroneously come to believe, a la Mao or Mahalanobis, that big government is the cure for ills afflicting the political economy.

Three key changes in how manifestos can be drafted to make for constructive debate

Property rights today are a tool of inclusion rather than exclusion

It may be a good idea for the BJP to dwell on policy failures and solutions before they draft the manifesto for 2019.

The Modi government has thus far failed to match the economic growth record of its Congress-led predecessor

India launches 'Modicare', world's biggest health scheme