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Reservation or Recalibration? Unpacking the Political Economy of Women’s Quotas and Delimitation in India

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Reform, Representation, and the Federal Question India’s push for women’s reservation promises a historic leap toward gender equality, yet its...

Democracy or Deep Pockets? The Rising Cost of Elections and the Drift Towards Plutocracy in India

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction India, often celebrated as the world’s largest democracy, stands at a critical crossroads where the integrity of its electoral...

Heat, Labour, and Loss: The Hidden Crisis in India’s Textile Boom

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction India’s textile sector, long celebrated as a pillar of employment and export growth, is currently experiencing a paradox. On...

Delimitation Over Reservation: The Real Fault Line in India’s Democratic Future

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction India’s political discourse has recently been dominated by the debate over women’s reservation in legislatures, often framed as a...

Conversion Politics and the Challenge to Secularism in India

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction Religious conversion in India has long occupied a contentious space at the intersection of faith, identity, law, and politics....

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Reservation or Recalibration? Unpacking the Political Economy of Women’s Quotas and Delimitation in India

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Reform, Representation, and the Federal Question India’s push for women’s reservation promises a historic leap toward gender equality, yet its...

Democracy or Deep Pockets? The Rising Cost of Elections and the Drift Towards Plutocracy in India

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction India, often celebrated as the world’s largest democracy, stands at a critical crossroads where the integrity of its electoral...

Heat, Labour, and Loss: The Hidden Crisis in India’s Textile Boom

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction India’s textile sector, long celebrated as a pillar of employment and export growth, is currently experiencing a paradox. On...

Delimitation Over Reservation: The Real Fault Line in India’s Democratic Future

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction India’s political discourse has recently been dominated by the debate over women’s reservation in legislatures, often framed as a...

Conversion Politics and the Challenge to Secularism in India

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction Religious conversion in India has long occupied a contentious space at the intersection of faith, identity, law, and politics....

Guardians or Instruments? The Politicisation of Anti-Corruption Institutions

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction Anti-corruption institutions are designed to function as the moral and legal sentinels of democratic governance. Their legitimacy rests...

Silent Revolution at the Ballot: How Women Voters Are Redefining State Politics in 2026

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction India’s electoral democracy is undergoing a structural transformation—subtle in appearance but profound in impact. At the heart of this...

Power or Conformity? Decoding the Semiotics of Political Dress in Global and Indian Contexts

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction  In contemporary political landscapes, where visibility, perception, and symbolism are central to leadership, clothing emerges as a powerful yet...

Women’s Political Participation and the Transformation of Democratic Politics in India

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction  Women’s political participation is a crucial indicator of democratic inclusiveness and institutional equality. In India, the world’s largest democracy,...

Electoral Politics and Digital Democracy in India

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction Over the past decade, India has witnessed a profound transformation in the nature of its electoral politics as digital...

The Future of Federalism in India: Centre–State Relations in an Era of Political Centralization

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction Federalism has long been one of the foundational pillars of the constitutional and political architecture of India. Designed as...

Will Trump’s “Board of Peace” Succeed? 

By: Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor, GSDN In mid-January 2026, the Trump administration formally advanced its Gaza peace initiative from an initial ceasefire phase to a far more...

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