Apologies for this delayed post. However, quite fortunately, the last Part of this three-pronged series coincides with two seminal events/publications. 1. CJI K.G. Balakrishnan’s piece on “Terrorism, rule of law and human rights” in The Hindu (Opinion Page). 2. The Union Cabinet’s nod for NSA Amendments and a new Investigation Agency. KGB’s write-up/analysis of our [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 7th, 2008
Talking at length on terrorism, King Khan also tried to come up with reasons why India has been attacked time and again by terrorists. He feels that the reason for terrorism against the country is three-fold. First, terrorism is always against the secularism of this country, secondly, the dignity of this country irks the terrorists [...]
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Posted in Court, Democracy, Politics, Rights on Dec 3rd, 2008
(This post forms the second of a three-part article. The next one attempts to debunk the myth of tougher terror laws). The overwhelming public response to laxities in handling terrorist attacks and security threats has prompted the Government to formulate a proposal for a federal anti-terror agency. The proposal, incorporated as an amendments to the [...]
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At the outset, I must thank Aditya for giving us a casual glimpse of the Mumbaikar’s genuine reaction to the terror attacks in the city. Everything in that mail, right from the mode of addressal to the syntax, conveyed a stunning portrayal of the grim picture; something that a discourse can never hope to achieve. [...]
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Posted in Democracy, india, Politics on Nov 30th, 2008
Rather writing something of my own sitting 12,000 miles away in Canada, I thought it’d be better to put in an email conversation that I had with a close friend of mine, working in south Mumbai, right at the heart of where the ill- fated attacks occurred. hey bro, im fine, everyone in office is [...]
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