Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Democracy, india, Rule of Law on Sep 28th, 2007
The Supreme Court has stayed the Contempt of Court sentences of the four mid-day journalists. This comes as good news to those who thought the Delhi High Court acted in a hasty manner in passing sentences on those who published allegations against former Chief Justice YK Sabharwal once he had retired from office, even still [...]
Posted in Democracy, india, Politics, Rights on Sep 25th, 2007
On the 22nd of September, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided the house of Maj Gen VK Singh, a retired RAW agent and his publishing agency for publishing his book, India’s External Intelligence : Secrets of the RAW Revealed. The retired general has now been booked for violation of the Official Secret’s Act. (See [...]
Posted in Politics on Sep 21st, 2007
Israeli authorities have declared Gaza a ‘hostile area’. For those who read the papers they would know that the reason is the activities of the Hamas in that area. Israel has totally cut of fuel supplies to gaza and people in the area are not allowed to leave even if they go for medical reasons. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 18th, 2007
My friend Kruttika had the following signature attached to her email; “After the war, there is a plan to divide Iraq into three parts: regular, premium and unleaded. ” Jay Leno. The Iraq war has raised eyebrows of many around the world. Won’t comment about it. Just was amused to see it in her [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 18th, 2007
‘Alan Shore’ (played by James Spader) won the Best Actor in a Drama Series Award at the 2007 Emmys. Couldnt have thought of anyone more deserving. Over the past few months, I have been watching a lot of Boston legal. Not to mention I even bought for myself the complete Season 1 and Season 2. [...]
Posted in Constitution, Human Rights, india, Rule of Law on Sep 13th, 2007
STATE SPONSORED ARMED CONFLICT : THE SALWA JUDUM AND THE STATE OF CHATTISGARH[1] Joseph Stalin once said, “One death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic”. Human emotion does not seem to ponder about the deaths occurring in numbers but seems highly passionate about the death of one being. The story of the Salwa [...]