When a sudden cerebral attack left 22-year-old Payal Kapoor permanently blind, she went overnight from being a happy young girl to a physically and emotionally disabled person. Her desire to be a chef now seemed like a pipe dream. Her practical mother thought otherwise. After all, who needed to be a..
This book addresses the questions: how do voters use their own issue positions and those of candidates to decide how to vote? Does a voter tend to choose the candidate who most closely shares the views of the voter or rather a candidate who holds more extreme views due to the fact that the voters di..
In December 2003, the Congress Party took a drubbing in three state elections. The India Shining slogan of the Vajpayee Government had taken everyone by storm. Finances were stretched thin, General Elections were preponed by eight months. The defeat was inevitable. Yet, in May 2004, the ultimate sto..
Are EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) a threat to democracy?Is it possible to hack EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) ?Can votes be stolen from EVMs(Electronic Voting Machines)? Can EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) be made to favour a political party?Why do developed countries not use EVMs (Electron..
For a number of years, voters and academic observers have been dissatisfied with a number of elements of American campaigns. Contemporary races are seen as too negative, too superficial, and too unfair or misleading. Based on these complaints, a variety of reform organizations have targeted millions..
NAVIN CHAWLA has had a ringside view of Indian elections. As chief election commissioner, he supervised the landmark 2009 general election and several key state elections as well. Drawing on his wide-ranging experience, this book presents a riveting account of how the daunting task of conducting the..
Over the last hundred years, the law of Arbitration in India has undergone a sea change. The present Arbitration series – Volume 1 contains Fali S. Nariman’s exposition, along with his expert comments, on the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (updated by the Parliament in 2015 and amended again..