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• Karnataka election of 2023: empathy versus hatred | Radhakanta Barik

  13 May 2023, by Radhakanta Barik

  May 14, 2023
  Rahul Gandhi’s padayatra made him a humble and cultured politician of India who could start conversations with farmers, students, and workers. His humility and determination to fight the arrogance of the ruling power are getting public support. Karnataka has come forward to support the Congress Party and Rahul Gandhi to go for a long march in fighting communal authoritarianism. “Nafrat Ka Bazaar (The Market of Hate) has closed down and Mohabbat ki dukaaneien (Shops of Love) (…)

• 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections have disproved the TINA factor | Faraz Ahmad

  13 May 2023, by Faraz Ahmad

  May 14, 2023
  The urban elite inclined right wards economically but a bit embarrassed of the communal fascist side of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, keeps grumbling helplessly that There Is No Alternative (TINA) to Modi, even if his antics and acts are unpalatable to many of them. And they say that people vote Modi out of sheer lack of an alternative.
  The Prime Minister wrapped up his rallies, road shows campaign for his BJP with 19 (…)

• Karnataka electorate cast their franchise | P. S. Jayaramu

  13 May 2023, by P S Jayaramu

  by P. S. Jayaramu *
  May 10, 2023
  The high voltage campaigning for the Assembly elections got over on 7th May. The candidates campaigned on 8th quietly going from door to door asking for votes. The 5.3 crore voters (2.66 crore male, 2.3 female, and 4927 others) have cast their vote. Thanks to the decision of the EC, the election in the state took place on one day, unlike the 2018 polls which were spread over two phases.
  Let me quickly take a look at the three contenders for power—the (…)

• Crime and Indulgence | Faraz Ahmad

  13 May 2023, by Faraz Ahmad

  It is getting to be a fortnight since the national wrestlers led by young women and girls, are sitting on dharna at Jantar Mantar, a stone’s throw from the new Parliament building in the Central Vista readied by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to welcome the accused in the wrestlers’ complaint, BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the current president of the Wrestling Federation of India(WFI) to mock these girls’ charge of sexual exploitation by Singh and their demand to arrest this BJP (…)

• Prime Minister Modi Using a Religious Slogan, Jai Bajrang Bali, For Votes Offends Law, Gandhi and Ambedkar’s Vision and Mixes Religion With Politics | S N Sahu

  13 May 2023, by S N Sahu

  During the last decade, religious slogans are being raised with frightening regularity in India in a calculated manner to mobilise people for political and electoral purposes and intimidate those of minority communities and unleash violence against them. Several leaders do it but disproportionately most BJP leaders including Prime Minister Modi and those from Hindutva organisations are also engaged in such activities. These constitute an assault on secularism and secular values sustaining (…)

• Why does the President Legislate? | Gireesan and Bendre

  13 May 2023

  by K Gireesan and Chinmay Bendre *
  Between 1950 and 2021, a record 756 Ordinances were promulgated by the President of India. Except in 14 cases, Ordinances were generally promulgated when neither House of Parliament was in session. Data shows that 75 Ordinances were allowed to expire and 37 Ordinances were repromulgated. While critics have attacked the Government for fostering an ‘Ordinance Raj’ attitude, examining the underlying causes that have led to the increasing practice of (…)

• Wireless and 5G—Concerns for Health, Environment and Children | Bharat Dogra

  13 May 2023, by Bharat Dogra

  There have been several examples of introduction of new products and technologies leading to serious health and safety risks and hazards. This is something that people and authorities of various countries must keep in mind at the time of the spread of 5G telecommunications technology. This is associated with very powerful business interests and hence the need for caution is all the greater. The most important reason for caution is that children are most vulnerable to these risks. (…)

• Risks in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome that Affect Quality of Life | Bhattacharjya & Amaresha

  13 May 2023

  by Astha G Bhattacharjya, Anekal C Amaresha *
  Many women of reproductive age suffer from the endocrine-gynecological condition known as polycystic ovarian syndrome/disease (PCOS/PCOD). Currently, there is no effective treatment and there are only medications available to alleviate the suffering due to this condition. Medically, in the allopathic system of medicare, it is considered a ‘lifestyle disease’ and clinicians typically recommend leading a healthy lifestyle for prevention of (…)

• Proud to be the daughters of this nation but how safe are we . . . | Girija K S

  13 May 2023

  by Girija K S *
  Two recent incidents of sexual harassment have haunted me and made the conscious section of society think about where are we heading, and what message are we going to give to the future generation.....
  The first pertains to the realm of sports and the second that of Kalakshetra, Chennai - a place where the rich cultural tradition (i.e. a place where music, Bharathanatyam) is taught. Both these have come to the forefront for the wrong reasons and people who are accused (…)

• How I stayed the deportation of Pakistanis | Justice Katju

  13 May 2023, by Justice Markandey Katju

  When I was a Judge in Allahabad High Court ( 1991-2004 ) I heard dozens of cases of Pakistanis visiting India who were served deportation orders for deporting them to Pakistan, but wanted to stay in India. They filed writ petitions against these orders, which came up before me. In all such cases I passed this order “ Until further orders the petitioner will not be deported from India “.
  These Pakistanis were old people who had migrated from UP in India to Pakistan after Partition of 1947. (…)