Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in corruption, Democracy, india, Lok Pal on May 31st, 2011
Members of Parliament are protected from anything said or done in parliament or anything said or done in connection with proceedings in parliament. This, as such is a common law right and enshrined in the Constitution under Article 105. So much so, this is possibly one of the areas where even the Supreme Court is [...]
Posted in india on May 26th, 2011
While every citizen of the country has a right to free speech and publication, the right is quite limited when it comes to writing an unauthorised biography about somebody else. The constitution itself provides an exception in the manner of actions that seek to injure the reputation of another. Infact, it is quite easy to [...]
Advice for good government. To the Congress as it enters its third year. – Please stop waging political battles about the farmers in UP. The crux of the issue is the property rights of the farmers that are being taken away. Moving from that to ‘rumours’ about atrocities doesn’t alleviate their situation. With the NCW [...]
Posted in Foreign Affairs, india on Mar 5th, 2011
While Maummar Gaddafi continues his onslaught on the Libyan people and accuses nescafe for mixing hallucianting drugs in their coffee, the Libyan leader also hopes to find a new ally in India. TOI reports; “Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi told PM Manmohan Singh last week that his actions against his people in Libya were akin to [...]
Several visitors to this site have asked us to write about the Radia tapes – perhaps its the stony silence in media outlets that has left many of us squirming in our seats, wondering about the integrity of those who bring us the news. Suddenly, there is a palpable sense of irony in the way [...]
Posted in Foreign Affairs, india on Oct 28th, 2010
Despite the euphoria drummed up over a possible endorsement of India’s UN Security Council bid during Obama’s visit, a permanent seat in the Council may not be as desirable as it is made out to be. Worse, it could even end up hurting India’s standing in the international community. As the excitement over President Obama’s [...]