Tag: Elections
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Episode 23: What Women Want: Understanding The Female Voter in Modern India- In conversation with Ruhi Tewari
In the long history of post-Independence India, the woman voter was invisible, rarely spoken about and almost never listened to. But today, something has changed. Women are voting in greater numbers than ever before, making independent choices and holding politicians accountable. Journalist Ruhi Tewari draws on two decades of travelling across various states in India,…
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Every vote counts?
Sometimes even just ‘1’ vote will matter a lot. Based on Assembly elections data from 1962 till now (taken from TCPD), 7 MLAs won with a margin of only ‘1’ vote. It means 7 people who could have become MLAs did not because someone from their kith and kin would not have taken voting very…