Published in the Indian Express (Nikhil Dey and Ruchi Gupta) Also Read: Deconstructing the NAC The formal institutions of India’s Parliamentary democracy have provided little space for citizens’ participation in the making […]
Published in the Times of India The Bhartiya Janta Party has announced that it will embark on a “jail bharo” andolan to protest the “loot and plunder” under the UPA […]
Just read Tarun Das’ confused and self-contradictory piece in the Express today (http://www.indianexpress.com/news/competitive-confident-capitalism/1102947/). Every single argument in his piece is easily rubbished but two in particular: He writes, There […]
In 1989, a young woman was brutally gang raped – she suffered two skull fractures and brain damage – in Central Park, New York. Six black and Hispanic teenagers […]
For those of us, the well organized Right on the internet describes as “sickular”, Modi as Prime Minister is an unthinkable proposition. Congress is then a reflexive default – not […]
Saw We The People on the misogynistic depiction of women in ”item numbers”. Quick two paisas worth of comments. Empowerment necessarily means opening greater avenues of expression and engagement for the […]
Published in The Hindu There appear to be two underlying themes of Team Anna’s breakaway faction’s new party: the induction of good people and “people’s power” through consummate decentralization. The […]
In the Namit Sharma v/s Union of India judgement, the Supreme Court ruled that Information Commissions must work in benches of two members each, one of whom must be a judge. […]
Read: Information Commissions Play a Political Role, Not Judicial As per the Supreme Court judgment (Namit Sharma v/s Union of India), the Information Commissions must work in benches of two […]
Published in The Tribune Former President Pratibha Patil’s decision to grant clemency to as many as 39 death-row convicts brought the issue of the death penalty center stage. President Pranab […]
The news coverage of the management-labor standoff in Maruti Manesar and the consequent violence is instructive of the ideological blinkers of our news media. Two editorials on the same day […]
Published in the Times of India (on May 10 and removed shortly after) With a comfortable gap of time after the revelations of paid news, private treaties and the Radia tapes, […]
Also published in the Times of India Balwant Singh Rajoana was to be executed on March 31. This would have been the first execution in India since 2004. His execution […]
In the Indian Express, Idea Exchange, Sunil Munjal, Joint MD of Hero MotoCorp, speaks about fixing “government-industry interface“. In response to a question by MK Venu on the “uneasy relationship” […]
The media is reporting developments on Baby Falak’s story with ”breaking news” dedication. Under the media spotlight, the administration too is pursuing the case with demented zeal, arresting the purported mother who will […]
This was written on Nov 14 (before NY and LA eviction) for some other purpose. I saved it planning to do a longer comprehensive piece, which didn’t happen. The Arab […]
Aruna Roy and Ruchi Gupta (Also published in The Tribune) In a span of mere weeks, the Corporate Affairs Minister, the Law Minister and the Prime Minister have all fired […]
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna’s asset declaration claims only Rs 22 Lakhs (savings worth Rs 12 Lakhs). In 2009, he stayed at the Maurya for 3 months – in the […]
On the 13th day of Anna’s fast, the Parliament agreed to a “sense of the house” resolution, endorsing in principle, all three demands of the Anna camp. Anna called off […]
Published in the Seminar, July 2011 The past couple of months have seen a renewed attack on the National Advisory Council (NAC). The NAC has been decried as an unconstitutional, […]
