Writing
Columns, essays and commentary by Professor Chhokar.
2024
SC judgment in Electoral Bonds Scheme case upholds rule of law
The Term ‘EVM’ No Longer Serves Us. We Need to Understand ‘Electronic Voting Systems’
Focusing the entire discussion using the term EVMs to actually refer to a group of three machines tends to confuse a lot of lay…
Rising Concerns About India’s Judiciary
The immediate cause of concern arises from the recent public utterances by two of the seniormost members of the highest judiciary in the land.…
Democracy in India has been naxalised
2023
Is There Life After Electoral Bonds?
Education in India: Where are we, and where do we go? Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Memorial Lecture on Teachers’ Day, September 05, 2023.
Election Commission Appointments: It’s Time to Go Back to the Future
Beyond the binary of a Supreme Court ruling and the Modi government’s disquieting new Bill lies a fresh perspective on limiting executive control over…
The State of India’s Democracy today
In Varanasi, Occupants of Iconic Gandhian Institution Thrown Out, Land Taken Over
The fact that the land legally belonged to the Akhil Bharat Sarva Seva Sangh, founded by Vinoba Bhave in 1948, was just a minor…