<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed><author name="Deepankar Sharma &amp;amp; Vini Kewaliya"><item><title>Anti-defection laws and the democratic process of choice in India</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/anti-defection-laws-and-the-democratic-process-of-choice-in-india/</link><pubDate>July 15, 2023, 8:29 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/law_15_UD8FJ6O.jpg</image><category>Opinion</category><excerpt>Indian democracy has often been heralded for its functioning and the systems of checks and balances. The system of checks and balances are unequivocally applicable on all three arms viz. legislature, judiciary and executive in different forms. Out...</excerpt></item><item><title>Vision 2047: Need for re-calibration of Indian higher educational institutions</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/anti-defection-laws-and-the-democratic-process-of-choice-in-india/</link><pubDate>July 15, 2023, 8:29 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/law_15_UD8FJ6O.jpg</image><category>Opinion</category><excerpt>The Government of India has off-late presented a vision of India in 2047 marking a centenary of Independence with high altitude goals for growth, progress, and development. India is aiming to become the next economic powerhouse within the next 25 ...</excerpt></item><item><title>Dichotomy in India’s religious personal laws: A socio-legal conundrum</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/anti-defection-laws-and-the-democratic-process-of-choice-in-india/</link><pubDate>July 15, 2023, 8:29 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/law_15_UD8FJ6O.jpg</image><category>Opinion</category><excerpt>India is often described as a sub-continental country not just because of its geographical size or population alone, but it offers a massive heterogeneous mix of people from numerous faiths and religions governed by a set of personal laws from dif...</excerpt></item><item><title>Resilient disaster management practices, framework in India</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/anti-defection-laws-and-the-democratic-process-of-choice-in-india/</link><pubDate>July 15, 2023, 8:29 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/law_15_UD8FJ6O.jpg</image><category>Opinion</category><excerpt>There is an old saying that if you cannot mitigate an eventuality, try to manage the consequences. This is often true with nature’s backlash to humans in form of disasters. As an ordinary individual when we hear the term ‘disaster’, a sea of emoti...</excerpt></item><item><title>The decadal diplomatic shift in India-US ties</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/anti-defection-laws-and-the-democratic-process-of-choice-in-india/</link><pubDate>July 15, 2023, 8:29 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/law_15_UD8FJ6O.jpg</image><category>Opinion</category><excerpt>Non-alignment does not mean neutrality. It does not mean sitting on the fence. It means independence of thought and action” — Krishna Menon. In this quote, Krishna Menon had highlighted India’s bedrock of diplomacy over the past 70 years. This quo...</excerpt></item></author></feed>