Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Constitution, Court, Democracy, india, Politics, Rights on Jan 27th, 2008
Swaminathan Aiyar has written a somewhat interesting piece in the Times of India today. Titled ‘Democracy depends on the unelected’, he raises some appealing issues on the status and working of the democratic process in India and the role of the unelected institutions. (See TOI, Sunday, Editorial 27th Jan, 08) “The Constitution created other [...]
Posted in Constitution, Court, Democracy, india, Politics on Jan 25th, 2008
Over the past month, I’ve been researching on the judiciary and its role in the modern day Indian democracy. While I am in the process of writing a paper on the same, what you’d find below are some preliminary deliberations on the theme. In the 17th Century, when King James I stated that his will [...]
Posted in Politics on Jan 23rd, 2008
……………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………….. To the thousands of Palestinians who managed to escape Israeli tyranny by bombing the wall out and escaping to Egypt. To the other hundred thousand who still have to face it. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditTweet thisSubscribe to this postPrint for laterTell a friend
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 19th, 2008
When Anil Kumble took his 600th wicket, though I don’t think most people noticed it on TV, Adam Gilchrist took out his pads and gloves and congratulated Kumble. I consider a true gentleman’s gesture, an act that is quite laudable with the recent controversies in mind. The incident also reminded me of my riding days [...]
Posted in Constitution, Court, india, Politics on Jan 14th, 2008
The stage is all set for a contempt of court proceeding. On one hand we have the highest court of the country ruling that no more ‘bull fighting’ or Jallikatu is to take place in the Country and on the other we have the performers getting set to defy the ban and pressurising the State [...]
Gerald Ford once opined that if fuel is cheap and the roads are brilliant, there’s no stopping to a great economy. Partly true in my opinion. Why!, Ford’s “Model T” brought about a revolution in the early 20th Century such that everyone then could own a car. The dynamics of the American economy changed with [...]