DesiPundit

Somebody I know was standing for the elections. This undoubtedly good woman, with a great deal of energy and much resolve, took the trouble to give me a list of candidates that formed ‘our’ panel.

I asked what this ‘panel’ was. Turned out, it was almost like a political party. A given faction - in fact, most of them would have some political affiliations - would draw up a list of candidates for all the positions being contested and would corner voters like me, hand over the list, and expect me to vote for them, en masse.

Do we expect elections in journalist organizations to be fair and balanced? During Delhi Union of Journalists’ recent elections, Annie found out that it is no different from your typical election.

Sadly (or not), it reminded me of student elections in my undergrad college.