Bhanu Dhamija
Why ‘Proportional Representation’ Would Hurt India’s Democracy
It would divide our society even further and inflame extremism Bhanu Dhamija Founder of Divya Himachal & Author of ‘Why India Needs the Presidential System’ India is considering changing its method of electing people’s representatives to the “proportional representation” (PR) system. MPs and MLAs would be selected from a list provided by political parties, based
Not Hindutva But Bhartiyata
Building a greater Bharat requires a more inspiring and practical approach than Hindutva currently offers Bhanu Dhamija Founder of Divya Himachal & Author of ‘Why India Needs the Presidential System’ Hindutva, the notion of a common national cultural identity promulgated by VD Savarkar in the 1920s, was aimed at unifying Indians and building a greater
India Needs The Right System To Protect Its ‘Unity In Diversity’
Bhanu Dhamija Founder of Divya Himachal & Author of ‘Why India Needs the Presidential System’ India’s celebrated “unity in diversity” is in peril. Even as the country marks its 70th year of independence, there are nearly a dozen festering insurgencies or secessionist movements. The outgoing Vice President Hamid Ansari has just announced that the nation’s
Rajya Sabha Must Be Overhauled, Or Lose Its Value to Our Democracy
Bhanu Dhamija Founder of Divya Himachal & Author of ‘Why India Needs the Presidential System’ Our Parliament’s second chamber, the Rajya Sabha (Council of States), was devised to represent the states and prevent hasty, ill-conceived legislation. By now we can all see, however, that it performs poorly on both counts. Today’s Rajya Sabha represents only
Junk Today’s Secularism
India Needs A Reinvented Secularism 2.0 Rooted In Separation Of Religion And State Bhanu Dhamija Founder of Divya Himachal & Author of ‘Why India Needs the Presidential System’ India’s ambitious experiment with freedom of religion has failed. Our insipid brand of secularism, based on states’ active engagement amid stated religious neutrality, has led to the
‘Presidential System Is Better For India’
Bhanu Dhamija Founder of Divya Himachal & Author of ‘Why India Needs the Presidential System’ Panchnad Shodh Sansthan held a seminar at Punjab University Chandigarh on a book written by Divya Himachal’s CMD Bhanu Dhamija “Why India Needs The Presidential System’. Intellectuals dwelt on various aspects of India’s current system of government and compared it with
