In this article today, Visiting Senior Fellow Shankkar Aiyar draws a parallel between political strategy of alliances, telecom services and financial markets. 

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.

According to a new paper by IDFC Institute, a less stable party system may not allow for sound policymaking, resulting in a more populist model of governance