Politics · essay
Who the Roll Still Names
The Special Intensive Revision decides who remains a voter before any ballot is cast, and the work of staying listed falls on ordinary people.
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Politics · analysis
The Commissioner and the Commission
Gyanesh Kumar’s tenure asks whether a three-member election commission can keep public confidence when its rolls, its appointments and its own minutes are in dispute.
Notes · note
A Gate That Was Locked
A week of custody at a de-notified protest ground, read beside the deletion of names from India’s draft electoral rolls.
Culture · essay
When an Insult Becomes a Party
A courtroom comparison of young people to cockroaches became the name of a collective, and then a dispute about who is allowed to remain visible.
Political Economy · analysis
The Work of Remaining Listed
Door-to-door verification and a draft roll reduced by roughly 13 percent, read as the uneven work of staying visible to the state.