TRIBUTE
by Rajeev Dhavan
No obituary notice can do justice to Justice J.S. Verma. A judge for over 25 years, Chief Justice of India (CJI), Chairman, National Human Rights Commission, (NHRC), Verma Commission on Security Lapses, Verma Commission (...)
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Justice Verma and his Legacy
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Bofors Deal, CBI, Coal Blocks Allotment
28 April 2013, by Kuldip NayarThe spat between the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the new tranche of WikiLeaks, alleging former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to have negotiated for the Swedish jet, is understandable when the country is on the brink of general (...) -
Aping the Adversary
28 April 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
It is surprising how intelligent people in politics sometimes take up positions which should logically belong to their adversaries.
The Muslim League in 1940 picked up the so-called ‘two-nation theory’ which a bunch of (...) -
The Great Land Rush: Fake Consensus at All-party Meet
28 April 2013, by Sandhya JainFarmers bodies are gearing up to oppose the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, which was supposedly amended to improve compensation to farmers under directions from Congress party President Sonia Gandhi and (...) -
In the Service of the Prime Minister
28 April 2013by Arun Srivastava
From funding the elections to choosing the prime ministerial candidate, the corporate sector has acquired enormous political power and has, in the process, emerged as the sole determinant factor of the destiny of India. Never (...) -
Heightened Tensions in POSCO Project Area
28 April 2013DOCUMENT
Fact-Finding Report on the Situation in the Wake of Bomb Blast in Jagatsinghpur District, Odisha
Executive Summary
On March 9, 2013, a 12-member team consisting of human rights activists, journalists, academicians, democratic rights and (...) -
In Response to Dr Gilbert Sebastian
28 April 2013, by Krishna MajumdarCOMMUNICATION
This is in response to the article published in Mainstream on March 16, 2013, "Patriarchy and the Rise of Sexual Assaults in India: An Explanation" by Dr Gilbert Sebastian.
Violence against women is a fact of life in India, as (...) -
Why Iran is Crucial for Both India and Pakistan
28 April 2013by Tridivesh Singh Maini and Usman Shahid
The following article has been sent to us by Usman Shahid, a Pakistani national, from Lahore. He and Tridivesh Singh Maini (who is an Indian) have recently co-authored a book on Indo-Pak people-to-people (...) -
How India is Turning into China
28 April 2013Noted writer Pankaj Mishra wrote the following piece that appeared in The New Republic (December 21, 2012) from where it is being reproduced, with due acknowledgement, alongwith a response from retired IFS officer Saurabh Kumar for the benefit (...) -
Comments on "How India is Turning into China"
28 April 2013, by Saurabh KumarThe article brings to bear the writer’s formidable skills for broad-brush painting of the contemporary scene with a keen eye on history to give us some valuable insights about the commonalities in the current travails of the two “rising” Asian (...)
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