In a recent speech made to the “National Consultation for Strengthening the Judiciary towards Reducing Pendency and Delays”, Chief Justice Balakrishnan talked about the root causes why courts in India are overstuffed and breaking in. His speech identified two such reasons, very broadly: (1) shortage of judicial officials, and (2) inadequacy of budgetary allocations. Balakrishnan [...]
Monthly Archive for October, 2009
Meet the Captain
Posted in Foreign Affairs on Oct 23rd, 2009
Today’s Hindu carries an interview with Mohammed Nasheed, president of the Maldives. I like the man; he has several innovative international law ideas: There is a logjam mainly because the Kyoto Protocol is a list of things we shouldn’t do. It is asking India not to consume energy or not to produce energy. That is [...]
Did you know about Odisha?
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2009
In Manufacturing Consent, Naom Chomsky writes of the link between power and information: the closer you are to the Bosses, basically, the more you talk about them. If you’re not up there you aren’t in the news. Reality continuously drives home to us the truth of Chomsky’s assertion. It is ironic, it is sad, it [...]
Breaking myths in the Indo-China relationship.
Posted in Foreign Affairs, india on Oct 17th, 2009
Of late, several articles have appeared (and continue to) in various segments of the Indian and Chinese media, creating much hype and hoopla about an impending war between both nations. Rising tension have forced both Governments to make public declarations in an attempt to dispel such fear-mongering. While the border dispute and the Dalai Lama [...]
Putting the recent Russia-China deals in perspective.
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Politics on Oct 16th, 2009
The series of energy and trade deals inked between China and Russia during PM Putin’s visit to Beijing is of special significance for a number of reasons. Trade spats between China and the industrialized nations is not uncommon; indeed, Russia and China needed an almighty oil deal of $25bn and trade contracts worth $3.5bn to [...]
Chonira Belliappa Muthamma, the first woman to appear for the Indian Civil Service Examinations (1948) and join the IFS (1949), passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2009 at 85. Muthamma was the first woman career diplomat, and the first woman Ambassador from India. From The Hindu : – C.B. Muthamma, India’s first woman career diplomat [...]
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