Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Constitution, india on May 31st, 2007
(Fire Spreads as Gujjars block the Dlehi0 Jaipur Highway) The struggle of the Gujjars in Rajasthan to be included in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category is nothing but their quest for being ‘backward’ in the law. Chinappa Reddy J in Vasanth Kumar v. State of Karnataka stated that never has he seen castes fighting for [...]
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP), formulated consequential to the NREG Act, 2005, has no doubt, been of benefit to a vast number of families from rural India. This social-welfare legislation has proved instrumental in creating employment, albeit temporary, to those lacking adequate means of livelihood. The present context upon which I wish to [...]
Posted in Democracy, Human Rights, india on May 17th, 2007
Perhaps this post comes at a time when the Vadodara art attack controversy seems to be in the letting-off-steam stages. However, it is imperative that we address the larger, more significant question that has been churned out from the incident. The uninitiated may read about the issue in question at “NDTV.com: Art Held Hostage in [...]
Posted in Human Rights on May 14th, 2007
I write this at a very crucial time. I, a student of law have to decide which line should I go into; the corporate side and firms where there is easy money, litigation or higher studies. This also comes at a time when the student community is debating about reservations and those who recently finished [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1st, 2007
Why Skeptical Dogmatist?! As a wise man once said, We know too much to be dogmatists, and too little to be skeptics. I follow confucsioinsim. I assure you, it has nothing to do with Confucious. Probably, it has everything to do with Confusion. Am I a right-conservative or a left-liberal? Am I centrist? Or libertanian? [...]