Surender gupta dunar online updates two takes on democracy Surender gupta dunar It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in.

1. Surender Gupta Dunar Online
Updates: Two takes on democracy

2. Surender Gupta Dunar Online Updates: This
week, a divided Supreme Court placed before
us two visions of the public sphere, pitting the
ideal of the universal citizen against citizen-
electors situated within their social contexts

3. Surender Gupta Dunar Online Updates: Do fair elections require that
certain kinds of statements — such as appeals to religion, caste,
and language — be taken off the campaigning table altogether? Can
the state prevent adult citizens from being exposed to certain ideas
before they vote? Can a court decide that only certain kinds of
interests count in a democracy? Does secularism mandate the
complete exclusion of religion from the public sphere? And must
identities based upon religion, caste, and language always be
treated as evils to be fought and eradicated? Or can they
sometimes become sites of emancipation, markers around which
citizens organise themselves and seek liberation through the
attainment of political power?
Surender Gupta Dunar Reference Link:
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/Two-takes-on-
democracy/article16983749.ece?homepage=true