Amidst a concerted effort by some intellectuals, retired military and foreign office mandarins to somehow cede the Siachen Glacier to Pakistan, some analysts are striving to promote the Mahabharata in public consciousness as India’s epic of war. The Archaeological Survey of India’s wing at Siri Fort is hosting an exhibition … Read More
The Aadhaar biometric data collection system is so fraught with danger of misuse that the Election Commission’s intervention to stall the direct cash transfer scheme linked to it, while timely, is inadequate. Hopefully the Supreme Court which has admitted a petition challenging Aadhaar for lack of constitutional validity will effectively … Read More
By a curious synergy or perhaps a growing synchronicity between the ruling party and the judiciary, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde called for a ‘rethink’ on capital punishment almost immediately after Ajmal Kasab’s hanging, while the Supreme Court expressed resentment at laws mandating death penalty for certain crimes. The … Read More
At a time when the nation is reeling under mega-scam upon super-scam unfolding with unceasing regularity under the auspices of UPA2, it is hardly surprising that India ranks an abysmal 78th out of 97 nations covered by the World Justice Report on ‘Rule of Law Index 2012’. Clearly, notwithstanding the … Read More
A disturbing trend of playing to a liberal gallery is leading a section of the judiciary to give low weightage to rules regarding such a sensitive service as the Indian Army. Recently, the Karnataka High Court dismissed a writ appeal by the Army challenging a single judge order directing it … Read More
Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, who reportedly beat a discreet retreat to Dubai after India Against Corruption activists Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan brutally exposed his real estate deals in Delhi-NCR, Haryana and Rajasthan last month, made a surprise appearance at The Hindustan Times’ annual Leadership Summit on … Read More
The medically avoidable, gut-wrenchingly painful death of Savita Halappanavar in an Irish hospital on October 28 brought thousands of Irish citizens, most of them born Catholics, to the streets in heartwarming solidarity with the family of an unknown Indian. Savita was denied an abortion though she was miscarrying, on grounds … Read More
As all eligible citizens, including serving bureaucrats and members of the armed forces, are entitled to (and do) vote in general or state elections on the basis of personal political choices, the outcry against some views expressed by retired General VK Singh seems contrived. Singh’s declamation that the Government has … Read More
A grandson of former Defence Minister Kailash Nath Katju, one of the founder members of The Associated Journals Ltd which floated the National Herald, Navjivan and Qaumi Awaz during the freedom struggle, has written an article berating the controversy over transfer of the company to a closely held firm and … Read More
Growing murmurs of disapproval are rising in Indian military and diplomatic circles over the recent Track II diplomacy over the Siachen glacier. Sources say that military veterans are adamant that a settlement can give no advantage to India and would only enhance the bruised status of the Pakistan army within … Read More
