Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Constitution, Court, Democracy, Human Rights, india, Politics, Reforms, Rights, Rule of Law on Dec 28th, 2009
Since beginning in early January this year, we’ve had a fantastic response to our posts, events and online discussions. 2009 has been a happening year for the world and India, and that holds for us too. The graduation fromThe Social Blog has been phenomenally well-received by our readers, and thanks to you, Something About The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 27th, 2009
The main disputes in the tribal heartlands of India concern the mining activities and the flushing out of tribals in the name of development. The possibility of such activities occurring could have and be drastically reduced if the V Schedule of the Constitution and the judgment of the Supreme Court in Samata v. State of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 24th, 2009
This just in. While hearing a plea on the plight of eunuchs in the Country, the Pakistan Supreme Court has suggested to the government and social welfare departments to consider hiring eunuchs for recovering outstanding loans. Apparently then they could get some meaningful employment. Here’s whats worse; During the hearing, the chief justice said eunuchs [...]
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, india, Terrorism on Dec 23rd, 2009
I was in Jammu and Kashmir recently, to witness a two-day dialogue on issues of autonomy, sectarian violence and Indo-Pak relations vis-a-vis the Kashmir Valley. To be naively frank, the complexities on the ground were mind-boggling to me. Ensconced in ivory towers, myths have been created by the self and the other about the situation [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 21st, 2009
The Subrata Roy Chowdhury Memorial Essay Writing Competition is being co-organized by the National University of Juridical Sciences, the Society of International Law and Practice (“SILP”), NUJS and the NUJS ILSA Chapter in association with the Indian Yearbook of International Law and Policy. The object of the competition is to promote research and writing in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 20th, 2009
I must confess that recently I am in pretty much a sticky situation as regards finances. Arun and I seem to have put in all our money on the blog and it hasn’t paid a single penny yet! Well, in a spurt of ideas, I came up with this one below which seems really hilarious [...]