India Elections

India elections top priority, will hire official to liaise with EC, says Twitter

Twitter to hire an official to liaise with EC, in the process of hiring a new country head for India

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election: Despite several complaints, glitches in VVPAT machines delay polling

The reason for the delay in voting in Himachal Pradesh could have been the glitches in voting machines, especially in the VVPAT (voter verifiable paper audit trail) machines.

Facebook users to decide the fate of next Lok Sabha elections?

India is not new to the social sphere. We’ve had our Orkut, Hi5, MySpace and now Facebook and Twitter. What is new, though, is the sense of empowerment

The power of the NextGen voter: Death of politics as usual?

There is growing consensus that Indian politics will soon experience a seismic paradigm shift driven by a generation of young voters, and both parties will caught unawares. But who will profit from it?

Why I care more about US elections than Indian elections

When I follow the US elections, I am exposed to Obama’s and Romney’s views on the country’s economy, on the global economy etc. When I follow any Indian election, I learn each party’s views on how corrupt their opponents are.