Vote for positive change
by Jagdeep S Chhokar GovernanceNow, May 16-31, 2011, page 32 The interim success of the movement for Jan Lokpal Bill, led by Anna Hazare,…
Writing
Columns, essays and commentary by Professor Chhokar.
2011
How to keep our votes safe: State funding of elections
The Hindustan Times March 28, 2011 How to keep our votes safe Jagdeep S Chhokar. The post reproduces a discussion of state funding of…
Campaign for finances
Why we should not rush into state funding of elections? In this season of scams,there is one more in the making. There has been…
Campaign for finances
Something’s got to give
2010
A number of problems
Putting paid to paid news
The election expenses scandal implicates more than just the media and the political class A new phenomenon called paid news has entered the Indian…
Putting paid to ‘paid news’
2009
“Satyam saga” and Politics
Mint, January 14, 2009, p.4 Are Satyam’s shareholders paying the price of land? It is interesting to note the almost deafening silence of the…
India 2009: Time for citizens to get involved in politics
India 2009: Time for citizens to get active in politics Jagdeep S. Chhokar1 Published in Freedom First, January 2009, No. 499, pp.5-7, 39. India…