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A common, yet the most hushed-up aspect in the life of a PhD student in India, is the amount of intense stress, burn out, depression, insomnia and suicidal tendencies that a scholar undergoes. However, this is very much an open secret among both junior and senior academics in Indian research circles.

This subject is usually brushed under the carpet for fear of backlash from academic guides, research supervisors and higher management in the academic fraternity. However, as the number of Indian research institutions grow at a rapid pace, this growing problem needs to be addressed at some point, even if it’s a little late.

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First the prophesy: it's a matter of time, before clamour to return to the paper ballot system becomes forceful again. An equally strong lobby however, citing multiple reasons – investments already made for 10.35 lakh EVMs, to how ridiculous India would look globally, for marching backwards on the highway of technological progress, etc. – will object to turning the clock back.

After all, it is a decade and half since paper ballots were stopped completely in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections since 2004.

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The EVM debate will go on forever, unless the Election Commission makes these black boxes transparent, and actually allows someone – including its sharpest critics – to tear them apart.

Any machine can be prone to malfunction and error, and if these are being pointed out to the Election Commission, it should address them. Instead, the Election Commission has chosen to ignore legitimate concerns raised by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), by refusing an audience to EVM ‘expert’ Hari Prasad Vemuru, who has been accused of ‘stealing’ an EVM in the past.

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116 constituencies across 14 States and a Union Territory prepare to vote on 23 April, Tuesday. With phase 3, India will have voted for 302 seats in the Lok Sabha, well across the halfway mark.

Overall voter turnout in Phase 1 and 2 of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections has seen little change from the 2014 elections. What does this mean for the BJP government at the Centre?

While the election fever continues, we also examine Rahul Gandhi’s statement where he said that he regrets what he said about the Rafale deal in Supreme Court.

All this and more, on this episode of Chunav Tracker with The Quint's Editorial Director Sanjay Pugalia.

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