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Dilip Rao

Noorani on Freedom of Speech and Religion: A Comment

On June 27, 2009 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

I read A.G.Noorani’s article titled ‘Free Speech and Religion’ in the June 6th issue of EPW with interest wherein he argues that the March 26th resolution 7/19 of the Human Rights Council of Geneva on …

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Impact of OBC Reservation Policy in Higher Education in India: The TISS Report and Its Implications

On May 24, 2009 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) recently came out with a report on the ‘Impact of Reservation Policy in Higher Education in India’. Amidst the din of the general election and the war in …

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Media Coverage, Mumbai Attacks and Censorship

On February 16, 2009 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

The February issue of Halsbury’s Law monthly deals with the media coverage of the recent Mumbai attacks and more broadly with freedom of speech and censorship. As previous posts on this blog (here, here and …

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Assorted Links

On February 13, 2009 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

1. Outcome of the Saudi rehab program for jihadists: A previous post regarding this can be accessed here. Now the Saudi government has announced that eleven former enrollees in this program have returned to join …

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A Response To Salil Tripathi’s Analysis on Modi’s Record

On January 27, 2009 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

V.Anantha Nageswaran has a post on Acorn that offers counterarguments in response to Salil Tripathi’s article in Livemint (also read Tripathi’s response to a person ‘D’ in the comments section where he provides additional details …

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More on the Draft ART Bill, 2008

On January 26, 2009 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

1. Letter to the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare from Sama, a women’s health group suggesting changes to the Draft ART Bill, 2008 (thanks to Ms.Sarojini). 2. Business and Ethics of Surrogacy in …

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Judicial Pay and Performance

On January 22, 2009 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

That judges are not well paid is a commonly aired grievance and was cited as the reason for the recent hike in judges’ salaries approved by the Union Cabinet. A similar complaint has been repeatedly …

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Treating Terror

On December 9, 2008 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

The latest attacks have not produced many new ideas (I am guilty of this as well) on tackling terror (virtually none at all in the Indian media as far as I can tell) with most …

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Diplomacy: The New Opium for the Masses

On December 4, 2008 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

Some of you might have heard of virtual reality software (here is one example) where whoever signs up is given an avatar that does all the things that real people do and much more – …

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Constitutional Right to Nature

On November 20, 2008 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

Check this out. Equador is perhaps the first country in the world to extend a constitutional right to all of nature. The history of the movement leading up to this can be read in this …

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