Monthly Archives: January 2008

The Unelected of a Democracy

By Aditya | Published: January 27, 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 [...]
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Courts and the Crisis of Authority

By Aditya | Published: January 25, 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 [...]
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To Those who got free

By Aditya | Published: January 23, 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 Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tweet this Subscribe to this post Tell a friend [...]
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A Noble Gesture.

By Aditya | Published: January 19, 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 [...]
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The Court on ‘Barbaric Bullfights’

By Aditya | Published: January 14, 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 [...]
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A Nano Revolution??

By Aditya | Published: January 13, 2008
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 [...]
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