Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25th, 2008
Hah! this month has been amazing. Not only am I not working as I generally do, but I’m also spending a lot of time with Rimcollians (that’s a term used to refer to alumni from my school, RIMC). Why, just yesterday seven of us met up at INS Hamla and I must say that lots [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2008
I’m not much of an American Idol fan. But out of sheer boredom yesterday I decided to watch the grand finale between the David’s and I must say I was in awe the moment I heard David Archuleta singing “Don’t let the sun go down on me”. That guy easily knocked down his opponent David [...]
Posted in india on May 15th, 2008
I got my semester results yesterday and I must say i ‘expected’ some of those grades. In fact, I understood what it means to go against the system. Actually it was this Teacher in Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) that ‘literally screwed’ my grades. It was a 6 credit course and the highest there is. Well, [...]
Posted in Democracy, Human Rights, india, Politics, Rights, Rule of Law on May 11th, 2008
To The Chairman National Human Rights Commission Faridkot House, Coparnicus Marg New Delhi- Hon’ble Sir, Ahead of Panchayat polls on Sunday i.e.11/5/2008 the ruling party sponsored goons continued unhindered violence in Nandigram in spite of assurance by all political parties in a meeting with Block Development Officer that normalcy would be restored there. Our fact [...]
Posted in Constitution, Democracy, Human Rights, india, Rights on May 10th, 2008
It is not uncommon for us to consistently remind ourselves of the fact that we are one of the most participative democracies in the world. While there might not be serious reservations as to the accuracy of this statement, incidents and exclusionary structures such as the Uthapuram Wall serve as a clarion call to those [...]
Posted in Democracy, india, Politics, Uncategorized on May 4th, 2008
Somebody should feed George Bush a morsel of plain rice with red chilli powder. This should act as a substitute for his ordinary diet of beef, pork, potato chips, beacon, bread and numerous sauces. He should know that 200 million people in India still have that as their staple food and 200 million more are [...]