Mayawati is drawing greater attention from bloggers in recent weeks, even from across the border. Riaz Haq analyses the Mayawati phenomenon and expresses the hope that she will inspire ‘the common people in all parts of South Asia, including the Muslim minority in India, to assert themselves and bring true and diverse Lincolnesque democracy of [...]

Last Man Standing checks India’s progress in the last sixty years and says we need to ‘give it a chance to spread its wings and play a role commensurate its size’:
For cynics who call Indian democracy, a “sham”, they may look at countries like Russia, China and Saudi Arabia where the most brutal and repressive [...]