Law Needed To Compensate Victims Of Wrongful Arrests
Dr. Kafeel Khan, of the Gorakhpur tragedy fame a couple of years ago who tried to save infant lives by buying oxygen cylinders out…
Acts Of God And Follies Of Man
A “legal fiction” is an idea or a concept, which doesn’t actually exist in fact, but is mandated to exist by law or convention…
Once Upon A Time There Used To Be News
I’ve looked up the figures and they are very impressive. As on 31.3.2018 India had 100,000 publications registered with the Registrar of Newspapers, and…
The Small Town Boy
Shashipal was a small town boy and proudly remained one till the end. He breathed his last on the 24th of this month, ending-…
Doctors Should Learn To Be Ambassadors Of Death
This year approximately 56 million people will die globally, roughly 2/3rds of them in hospitals. More people are dying today of chronic diseases, and…
The Prashant Bhushan Case — An Order That Diminishes Democracy
A Lay Citizen’s Perspective So Mr. Prashant Bhushan stands convicted of contempt. It was expected because the Supreme Court had painted itself into a…
Last Man Standing
I am fully aware that the subject I am about to broach is a touchy one, as any good word, even a muted one,…
The Lock Down Diaries (XVIII) – The Duffer Zone
These days I find myself inclining more and more to the poetic. And therefore, like Wordsworth, my heart leapt up with joy the other…
The Lockdown Diaries (XVII) — Puranikoti And The Other Side Of COVID
Social distancing actually works! It’s been more than a month since I arrived in my little village near Shimla from Delhi and my Oxymeter…
The Lock Down Diaries (XVI)- Flip Flops Do Not A Tourism Policy Make
One of the more unsavoury, man-made consequences of the pandemic has been the almost total concentration of power in the executive arm of governments….