Fining Peter To Punish Paul Is Bad Jurisprudence
byIn the first decade of this millennium there was a Chief Justice in the Himachal High court who was a waking nightmare for bureaucrats…
Opinion
Letters Of Discomfort
byI really am at my wits’ end these days trying to figure out all this media frenzy about escrow accounts, sovereign guarantees, IGAs and…
Are We Endangering Women’s Rights By Pushing Too Hard?
byIn this benighted country even the issue of women’s rights has been reduced to a meaningless level by a combination of competitive politics, hasty…
Melting Snow Contains A Toxic Cocktail Of Pollutants
byManali: With spring breaking out here and warmer temperatures just around the corner, snow will slowly melt away, releasing us from the clutches of…
An Enigma Called Rahul Gandhi
byThe Minority Department in the Congress party organisation is charged to look after the affairs of minorities that include Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains…
Stop The World And Let Me Off
byEven though I cannot suck in my stomach till the lumbar vertebrae are visible from the front, nor have I stumbled upon that ayurvedic…
Kanpur Diary (II) : The “Half Encounter”- Half Done Is Well Begun
byI find that whenever I visit Kanpur, my hometown, I am able to think more clearly and penetrate to the heart of any matter,…
Distorting The Facts Is A Zero Sum Game
byThe BJP is a party obsessed with figures: 56 inch chests, 15 lakhs in bank accounts of all citizens, 400 years of foreign dominance,…
Blending The Millennia With The Millennial
byAs a father of two millennials I am acutely aware of the universe they occupy, caught between two worlds, one dead and the other…
Masroor Rock Cut Temple: Incredible Heritage of Himachal
by“Monuments are the grappling-iron that bind one generation to another” – Joseph Joubert As civilizations fall and rise, the ancient remains – the monuments…