Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 30th, 2008
Gaza is still burning… I just saw a CNN debate on the gaza crisis between Yishai Fleisher and David Levy (Sorry readers, I couldn’t get the link online). Yishai argued that Israel had a right to defend itself and what people around the world are calling ethnic cleansing is more an assertion of a state [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 30th, 2008
They came and destroyed my home, I ran away. They came and killed my young brothers and sisters, I but mourned . They surrounded us and stopped food and electricity supply to us, life went along. Ten thousand bombs rained and I pretended that life went along. Now when I stand up to fight for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 28th, 2008
I wish I could aptly descibe in words to the readers as to my experience at Law School, but I can’t. There are times when I can answer questions, but there are others when despite knowing the answer you wouldn’t want to give it out (and where’s my modesty gone?). For those who want to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 24th, 2008
As the year is fizzling down to an economically weak finale, Satyam Computers has found itself in a deep mire, with the Maytas acquisition deal coming under strict scrutiny. In an unrelated development, the World Bank later announced its intention to snap all business and development ties with Satyam following allegations of data theft in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 19th, 2008
United Nations General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann has called for a world ban on anyone defaming any religion. According to him, while there does exist a right to free speech and expression, the international community should aim towards the comity of religions. Notably, there is a steady and worrisome trend of stories in Western [...]
Posted in Constitution, Democracy, Politics, Uncategorized on Dec 19th, 2008
Mark Felt, former FBI officer who revealed himself to be the key informant in exposing the Watergate Scandal (‘Deep Throat’), has died. Felt, 95, breathed his last yesterday in a clinic close to his home in Santa Rosa, California. During the years of the scandal he was one of the highest ranking officers in the [...]