August 16, 2008

The tussle between the Manmohan Singh Government and the Opposition over the nuclear deal is now over. The UPA has scored a convincing victory in Parliament. The Left, particularly Prakash Karat, the CPM General Secretary, has been forced to bite the dust. Somnath Chatterjee, by his refusal to resign from the post of the Lok Sabha Speaker, has shown that his party is no more a disciplined or regimented one. Mayawati, who suddenly dreamt of becoming the Prime Minister, has discovered to her (…)

[(Book Review)]
Justice: Political, Social, Juridical, by Rajeev Bhargava, Michael Dusche and Helmut Reifeld (eds); Sage Publication, New Delhi; 2008; p. 325; Price Rs 650.
We live in a world that continues to surprise us with its paradoxes. Yes, it is a world that promises justice, human dignity and equality. Yet, we find ourselves amidst structures, institutions and everyday practices that continue to degrade our humanity, and reproduce the ethos of violence, hierarchy and (…)

We have achieved political freedom but our revolution is not yet complete and is still in progress, for political freedom without the assurance of the right to live and to pursue happiness, which economic progress alone can bring, can never satisfy a people. Therefore, our immediate task is to raise the living standards of our people, to remove all that comes in the way of the economic growth of the nation. We have tackled the major problem of India, as it is today the major problem of Asia, (…)