Analysis

Analysis
Campaign

Keeping it real in a push-button democracy

March 25, 2014

For the determined vote rigger, new technology is no barrier to old-fashioned ballot-box skulduggery. This election, Indian officials are trying to stay a step ahead with a radical technology - the paper trail.
Vanessa Teague 

India 2014
Analysis
Voting, Election

Election Phases: Far flung contests, from Goa to the North-East

April 11, 2014

Nirupama Subramanian take us back to the North-east (mainly) for the fourth phase of elections in India. 

India 2014
Analysis
Voting, Electorates

India's final round of voting offers new spice

May 12, 2014

What is remarkable about the final phase of the Indian election is that the dominant Congress Party is scarcely in contention, writes Ashok Malik.

India 2014
Analysis
Voting

Key dates and maps

March 26, 2014

The sheer scale of the Indian elections can be mind boggling. Here are a few key dates and maps to help.
Ryan Sheales

India 2014
Analysis
Election, Voting

Election Phases: On the border of the North-East

April 9, 2014

In the second of her election phases series, Nirupama Subramanian reports on the North-East, with 2.7 million voters heading to the polls over four states and six constituencies.

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Analysis
Women, Society, Gender

How politics betrayed the women of India

May 13, 2014

The violent masculinity and lack of civility in this campaign have shattered any illusions of a changing public discourse about women's rights in India, says  Swati Parashar.

 

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Analysis
Political participation, Social media

A little bird told me: tweeting the revolution

March 31, 2014

The impact of social media on the elections.

Nirupama Subramanian 

India 2014
Analysis
Gandhi, Profile

Rahul Gandhi - The man who is not in a hurry

April 14, 2014

Varghese K George profiles Rahul Gandhi, a most unlucky and unlikely politician, despite his dynastic lineage. 

India 2014
Analysis
Society

When the stars come out to play (politics)

May 13, 2014

Indians love their movie stars, and political parties love the votes they deliver. But it is a most tempetuous love story, as Mosiqi Acharya explains. 

India 2014
Analysis
Campaign

Picking a winner: polls, pundits and what the papers say

April 3, 2014

With so many contenders for so many votes and so many seats, polling in India has historically been a hit and miss affair. But the science of Indian psephology is evolving. Ashok Malik

India 2014
Analysis
Campaign

Election Explainer: The parties to watch

April 15, 2014

As voting in the epic five-week ballot reaches the half-way mark, Nicholas Reece and Souresh Roy provide a formguide to the parties to watch - their histories, their values, their prospects.

 

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Analysis
Foreign Affairs

Prime Minister Modi? A field guide for new India

May 15, 2014

Tomorrow India will have a new Prime Minister. The smart money says it will be the BJP's polarising Narendra Modi. Veteran Indian political commentator Swapan Dasgupta, visiting Melbourne, contemplates what that will mean.

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Analysis

Beyond the polls: Finding a path to prosperity

April 2, 2014

When the hoopla of India's epic exercise of democracy settles, the winner will face a formidable task in reviving the nation's economy from the doldrums.

TCA Srinivasa Raghavan lays out the problems, identifies the solutions, and contemplates the hurdles.

India 2014
Analysis
Voting

Election Phases: 121 seats at stake in biggest ballot

April 16, 2014

Tomorrow is the crucial fifth phase of voting, the biggest day of the nine-phase, five-week elections schedule. Souresh Roy profiles the seats and tussles to watch. Photo: Rajasthani farmer/Flickr: Shreyans Bhansali

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Analysis
Campaign, Results

The Verdict: Diaspora gather for countdown

May 16, 2014

India's Melbourne-based intelligentsia gathered at the Australia India Institute today to watch the live feed of the count and dissect the Narendra Modi landslide.

India 2014

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