Monthly Archives: October 2007

India Shining III : Land Rights !

There is an apparent irony in today’s paper. On the front page you have a half page story talking about India’s investment and how Mukesh Ambani is the world’s richest man (63 billion $ is a lot). On how the sensex has risen 1000 points in 14 days and the top 5 companies have contributed [...]
Posted in Civil liberties, Democracy, Rights, india | 2 Comments

The reality of free speech: The Gujarat episode

—————- Now playing: Neil Young – We r in control via FoxyTunes The recent events in Gujarat are tattering to an Indian’s heart. It’s not just the Tehelka tapes that have come out in the open; the banning of TV news channels in Gujarat, disgusting comments by the Press and politicians are all a consequence [...]
Posted in Civil liberties, Constitution, Court, Democracy, Human Rights, Law, Rights, india | 2 Comments

GAP, Social responsibility and Child Labour

A few days ago there were allegations of retail giant GAP violating child labour laws in many of its outsourced suppliers factories all over the world. 31 of these factories are located in India. These events gave GAP the image as if it was being run as a sweat shop operation. ……………..   A 10-year-old [...]
Posted in Law, Rights, india | 1 Comment

NALSAR Post: Hilarious :)

I Don’t think I’ll be able to study anymore tonight. First a few II years find a marriage profile of one of our Professors and second the first years come up with this hilarious post on Facebook. PS: the spellings are the way the teacher’s pronounce them.And NALSAR is the National Academy for Legal Studies [...]
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Bobby’s Won! What Else?

Bobby Jindal has won! He is now officially the new governor of Louisiana. Think I’m writing this for the main fact that he’s an Indian and has won in a once segregated state. Born of native Indians in New Orleans, this guy has actually come up the ranks the hard way to win and become [...]
Posted in Democracy, Politics, india | 3 Comments

Literature Nobel

What the feminists want of me is something they haven’t examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness. What they would really like me to say is, ‘Ha, sisters, I stand with you side by side in your struggle toward the golden dawn where all those beastly men are no more.’ [...]
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