Richa Bansal

Richa Bansal recently graduated in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge and has earlier worked as a journalist in India for The Times of India and The Telegraph. She is currently working in the non-profit sector in the UK.

India awaits election results

The results of India's month-long election will be released tomorrow. The last phase of polling on 13 May recorded an estimated 62 percent turnout (turnout over all five

By Richa Bansal

/ 15 May 2009

Disappointment after low voter turnout

The third phase of polling of the 2009 Lok Sabha elections held on 30 April in 107 constituencies spread across nine states and two union territories saw an average voter

By Richa Bansal

/ 30 Apr 2009

Media reacts to Lone's candidacy

Three leading English dailies, The Indian Express, The Hindustan Times, and The Times of India ran comment pieces last week on the decision of Sajjad Lone, a former separatist Kashmiri

By Richa Bansal

/ 16 Apr 2009

1984 riots haunt Congress

Following the flinging of a shoe at the Home Minister P. Chidambaram by a Sikh journalist and massive protests by Sikhs across Punjab spilling over to the streets of Delhi,

By Richa Bansal

/ 9 Apr 2009

The good doctor: Binayak Sen and the cost of dissent

When India wraps up its fifteenth general elections in mid May, Dr. Binayak Sen will be completing two years in jail in a cruel inversion of democracy. Held on charges

By Richa Bansal

/ 23 Mar 2009