Understand the Budget
This being a pre-election year, there were wide expectations that the Union Budget would announce populist measures. And, as expected, not many people in Nagaland will have the interest to…
Paradox of Voting
The paradox of voting, also called Downs’ paradox, is that for a rational, self-interested voter, the costs of voting will normally exceed the expected benefits. The act of voting involves…
Rational Ignorance
It is literally impossible for anybody to know everything about everything even if he is a genius. As such, each person must individually decide what he thinks is worth knowing…
Election 2023, Delimitation 2026
Delimitation is the act of redrawing boundaries of Lok Sabha and state Assembly seats to represent changes in population. The main objective of delimitation is to provide equal representation to…
Problem of Plenty
With problems of plenty, you tend to lose touch with ground realities. The Bharatiya Janata Party in Nagaland seems to be facing the problem of plenty of late. The Nagaland…
There are laws
The Representation of the People Act, 1951, which lays down the framework for the conduct of elections to Parliament and state legislatures, specifies the grounds for the disqualification of elected…
Social Etiquette
Etiquette and manners go hand in hand but are not the same. Etiquette is a set of rules dealing with exterior form while manners are an expression of inner character.…
Participating Wisely
The voters are regarded to be the kingmakers in a democratic society. In a true democracy, all citizens come together to decide the future of the country and, by extension,…
Aaya Ram Gaya Ram
Defection, often known as floor-crossing, is the transfer of allegiance by a legislator from one political party to another. It is common in all democracies. In fact, it is infamously…