Mainstream WeeklyThe circulation of a viral video showing Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, performing Ganpati Puja in the company of Chief Justice, Chandrachud, and his wife at the latter’s residence has disturbing implications for the independence of the judiciary and the insulated image of judges manning it.
The Ganpati festival is one of the most popular and pious festivals in Maharashtra. The Chief Justice, being Maharashtrian, has every right to celebrate this festival, but as a head of the judicial (…)
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Cold War Deceptions:
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by David H. Price
University of Washington Press
2024. 358 pp.
(paper), ISBN 978-0-295-75224-2
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Reviewed by Hao Chen (Dartmouth College)
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