Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in india on Jul 19th, 2007
The Supreme Court vacation ended. I now get to come back to my favourite topic ‘reservations’ once again. On the 17th of July , a Three judge Bench of the Supreme Court sat again to decide on the next steps to be taken as regards to the Centre’s move in increasing the OBC’s by the [...]
Next time you travel to Delhi and take a walk around Chandni Chowk, don’t be surprised if you don’t see any of three wheeled cycles around. The Delhi High Court in its archetypal style passed an order banning all cycle rickshaws on the arterial roads of Delhi and said that such roads were the main [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 10th, 2007
I read a Camu essay for the second time today. His ”Lessons from the Guillotine” is one of the most beautiful essays Ive ever read. What differentiates the book from other Camu novels is that this is not just an emotion filled piece of his like ‘The Plague’ and ‘The Outsider’ but has a [...]
There is darkness everywhere. My efforts of looking for a ray of light have turned futile. All through out the week, there have been instances of grave injustice all over the world. Electing the head of a state has turned into a political game; Brown v. Board of Education has been partially overruled; One of [...]