Tolerance, Intolerance and National Security
byThere is little doubt that the current ‘intolerance’ campaign was mounted by the opposition parties in concert with the paid media, aimed at the…
Opinions
Opinions
Revisiting The Trust Deficit
byMany decades ago when I was growing up (in a simpler era when crooked people were called cheats, not “ethically challenged”; when a “face…
Majority, Minorities & Democracy
byDemocracy is defined as ‘a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or…
Powerless Sayeed – misplaced critique of J&K coalition government
byFrankly I did not know who Mr Fahad Shah was till I checked on the net and after that I had no illusion on…
The NJAC Debate: Purple Prose and Red Herrings
byIf you thought that the discord over the National Judicial Appointments Commission( NJAC) and the sparring between the government and the Judiciary was about…
NJAC judgement and the way forward
byA lot has been said and written supporting and criticizing the NJAC judgment delivered by the Supreme Court of India (following the convention, it…
Why did the chicken cross the road?
byNarendra Modi Bhaiyon aur behnon, that is not a chicken, that is Nitish Kumar and he’s going across to join the jungle raj on…
AAP’s Kanjari Politics
byIndian politicians are known to care two hoots for national interests in their quest to pursue their personal interests. Mr. Kejriwal, despite his noble…
Judiciary Should Step Cautiously On Religious Toes
byI fully endorse judicial proactivism in a country like India where the elected executive is seen to be regressing into social obscurantism and lacks…
Help Me Make Up My Mind Who To Vote For – I
byAssembly elections are upon us. Universal suffrage is one of the great gifts of our constitution and the elections are our opportunity for making…