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The French headscarf controversy: a sociological perspective
Law #2004-228 of March 15 2004, commonly known as the French law that bans the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols in public schools, seems to be a stale and old issue. Or is it? The answer is a NO because of three reasons: 1. Though the language of the 2004 law is neutral and applies [...]
Posted in Civil liberties, Democracy, Featured, Rights Also tagged issues, Jurisprudence Leave a comment
Implications of a New Direct Tax Code.
(Neha Pathakji, Lecturer in Taxation Laws at NALSAR, writes on the proposed Direct Tax Code, and its impact on the society.) The nation is witnessing winds of change these days, especially in the age old Tax system. Just when a new indirect tax regime is round the corner in the form of GST(Goods and service [...]
Musings on the Death Sentence
In 1994 Narayan Chetnam Choudhary committed the crime of murdering five women, one of whom was pregnant and two were children with a tender age of two and a half and one and a half years. In 2000 the Supreme Court confirmed his death sentence. Nine years hence, he lies in the jail at Pune [...]
Posted in Court, Featured, Human Rights, india Also tagged death sentence, hanging, india 6 Comments
The Building Blocks of Surveillance
“One of the fundamental contrasts between free democratic societies and totalitarian regimes is that the totalitarian governments rely on secrecy for the regime and disclosure for all other people, where as in the civic culture of liberal democracy, the position is approximately the reverse.” - Geoffrey De Q Walker The new national ID card scheme [...]
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Binayak Sen’s release and my Concern
I was at Dantewada when there was a protest against the detention of Binayak Sen at Raipur. Four students from the Indian Institute of Sciences at Bangalore had attended it from where they decided to pay a visit to the Ashram (now demolished) at Dantewada. Very enthusiastic people I must say. From what I reckon [...]
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