One of our readers who identifies him(?)self as Anonymous/Raj left this in the comments section of a different post: “Would someone care to comment on the Kafkaesque treatment of the Indian doctor in Australia! It …
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Tag: Human Rights
Defining Minorities in India
Today’s edition of the Hindu features an article by Professor Zoya Hasan, who teaches at JNU, and is a member of the National Commission of Minorities (click here for her profile as well as those …
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Assessing the implementation of The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act:
Today’s Hindu carries a piece by Jean Dreze and Siddhartha Lal where they narrate their field experiences in Rajasthan on a trip that was undertaken to assess the implementation of the NREGA. While there was …
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The Naxalite/Maoist Movement in India: Facts, Current State and Analysis
Revisiting the online edition of The Nation (which describes itself as “the flagship of the left” in America) after a long time, I was pleasantly surprised to find in its current issue an article on …
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Jaitley on the legal boundaries of artistic expression in India
Today’s Indian Express has an op-ed by Arun Jaitley who makes a provocative assertion about the limits of artistic liberty and expression in India. In the course of his column, Jaitley relies on an analysis …
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Searing critique of an ongoing slum clearance drive in Delhi
Yesterday’s edition of the Hindustan Times featured a biting indictment of the slum clearance policies of the Delhi government as well as recent orders issued by the Delhi High Court. Authored by Bela Bhatia of …
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Supreme Court and Human Rights
A recent article in The Hindu dealt with evolution of human rights jurisprudence in India, and praised the Supreme Court for its seminal contribution to it. However, a recent case when the Supreme Court rejected …
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