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The Supreme Court Revives Collegiums System — a Fresh Debate Begins
24 October 2015, by Rajindar SacharThe much-awaited judgment of the Supreme Court has held on October 19 that the Constitution (Ninetyninth Amendment) Act, 2014 and the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014, are unconstitutional and void and the consequence is that (...) -
When Damn Lies, Damn Truths are both Damn Right—the Games we can Play with Census Figures
24 October 2015, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
As everyone knows, there are lies, damn lies and statistics. Mark Twain did not specifically mention census because census is statistics. Ten people interpret census figures in ten different ways, all of them being damn lies and damn (...) -
The C. Achutha Menon Government: An Effective Template Against Fascism?
24 October 2015, by Ajayakumar KodothOctober 2015 marks the 45th anniversary of the first Congress-Communist Minstry headed by C. Achutha Menon. In the wake of the communal onslaught on all walks of life, a critical re-assessement of the aforementioned Ministry’s noteworthy (...) -
Kerala and Beyond
24 October 2015, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Kerala has a remarkable capacity of being the harbinger of significant developments in Indian politics. In 1957, a new element in Indian democracy—the Communists in office—appeared for the fist time in Kerala; and less than (...) -
Kerala mid-term elections: Dress Rehearsal for 1972
24 October 2015by C. Achutha Menon
Kerala has been the laboratory for all kinds of political experiments, especially for various kinds of United Fronts with all sorts of permutations and combinations among a variety of political parties.
Here it was that the (...) -
Mood in Kashmir Valley
24 October 2015, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
I have been restless and upset by the disgustingly communal moves of the govern-ment of the day. And in the midst of this I decided to travel to the Kashmir Valley to report on the flood victims’ survival in the backdrop of the fact that (...) -
Tribute to R.M. Pal
24 October 2015Dr R.M. Pal, a well-known educationist and human rights activist, is no more. He breathed his last in Thane, where he was staying with his wife for the last several years, on October 13, 2015 at the age of 88. (He was born in Comilla in East (...) -
How Nepal was ‘Lost’: An Exquisite Foreign Policy Disaster in Kathmandu
24 October 2015by Harish Khare
These days, one can’t swing a dead cat in New Delhi without hitting a professionally wise person who can be relied upon to rapturously proclaim how Narendra Modi has “won” and “conquered” the West. But one is hard-pressed to find (...) -
The Lost World: Oscillating between Hope and Despair
24 October 2015REVIEW ARTICLE
by L.K. Sharma
Building A Just World: Essays in Honour of Muchkund Dubey edited by Manoranjan Mohanty, Vinod C. Khanna and Biswajit Dhar with a Foreword by Boutros Boutros-Ghali; Orient BlackSwan, Hyderabad; 2015; pages: 406.
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Governments Neglecting RTI Responsibilities
24 October 2015, by Bharat DograCOMMUNICATION
The completion of 10 years of the Right to Information (RTI) is a cause for celebration. India’s RTI law has been widely recognised as one of the best legislations on this issue in the world, and millions of people have used this (...)
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