Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Constitution, Court, Democracy, Human Rights, Politics, Rule of Law on Jan 8th, 2008
Liberty v. Security A Review of the Posner- Balkin debate I had the good fortune of listening to the Posner – Balkin debate on the above topic online and must say certain very interesting questions have arisen from it. The debate may be heard/ seen online here and before I proceed on certain important [...]
Posted in Constitution, Human Rights, india, Politics, Rights, Rule of Law on Jan 7th, 2008
Speaker’s Lecture Series: Parliament House, Sept. 6, 2007 The farm crisis: why have over one lakh farmers killed themselves in the past decade? P. Sainath Rural Affairs Editor, The Hindu We, as a nation, are in the worst agrarian crisis in four decades. It is impossible to cover such a large issue [...]
Posted in Politics on Jan 5th, 2008
Beautiful though she was, she was no Saint. She an instance of human political tendency to immortalize those who’ve been assasinated. —————- Now playing: Fatboy Slim – Praise You via FoxyTunes Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditTweet thisSubscribe to this postPrint for laterTell a friend
Posted in Democracy, india, Rights, Rule of Law on Jan 3rd, 2008
This the second and final part of my article and views on judicial activism. There is another piece I’m writing that is strictly legal in nature that would’nt be put up. The first part’s here. Proceeding from this perspective, we must now go to understand the judgment. On reading the judgment one would notice that [...]