There have been more comments in today’s newspapers on the issue of migrants v. natives which require a reasoned response. N.K.Singh says in Indian Express: “the concerns raised by MNS are no...
The spate of comments in the media describing the protests of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena against North Indians in Mumbai as unconstitutional made me wonder whether the authors of these comments are...
This post is not about the merits or otherwise of MNS/Raj’s violent protest against migrants to Mumbai from U.P. and Bihar. Instead, it looks at the conclusions drawn from the similar nativist...
The following letter written by S.Pushparaman, Tiruchirapalli appeared in the Times of India, January 28, 1973. There is much talk these days about the “Sons of the Soil”. The advocates and opponents...
Today Steven Spielberg announced he would withdraw as an artistic advisor to the Beijing Olympics and boycott the games due to China’s strong military and economic support of the government of Sudan...
The emergence of Hillary Clinton as one of the two potential Democratic Party nominees for President has kindled interest about women in leadership positions in the US. This is of course nothing new...
For those interested in criminal justice and torture there is going to be an Independent People’s Tribunal on Torture, Extra-Judicial Killings, and Forced Disappearances this weekend (Feb. 9th...
EPW has an article on the ongoing forest case (T.N.Godavarman v. Union of India) and its implications. It traces how the SC, taking recourse to ‘continuing’ mandamus, has assumed complete...
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by painter MF Hussain ‘for immunity from prosecution in any court in the country except in Delhi’. Multiple proceedings against Shilpa...
The bird flu attack in West Bengal has raised the question as to who was responsible for not taking prompt steps to contain the epidemic – Centre or the State Government. The State Government...