Whither NMML?: A response from Ramachandra Guha Today’s Economic Times has carried two controversial essays, seeking to dispute with each other, on the state of affairs at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. …
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Photographs of Gang Members
This story in Daijiworld, a chatty and informative portal focusing on Karnataka’s coastal districts brims with intrigue, mystery, and skullduggery about a plot to kidnap an advocate in Mangalore. What I found most interesting is …
Continue readingIndia’s Best Law Schools (Mint)
This morning’s Mint carries an assessment of India’s best law schools. Surprisingly, the National Law School of India is on top, although it is closely followed by NALSAR, Hyderabad and NUJS. The article though focuses …
Continue readingOpen Letter on the Equal Opportunity Commission Bill
To sign this letter, please click here, or email the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion. Additional resources (including comparative legislations) are available here.————————————————————————————-22nd June 2009 The Minister for Minority Affairs,Government of IndiaParyavaran Bhavan, …
Continue readingBook Review: A Nice Quiet Holiday
By Vinod Joseph [Guest Blogger] Lawyer turned detective novelist Aditya Sudarshan’s debut offering borrows at least one idea from Arthur Conan Doyle’s creations. A Nice Quiet Holiday has two men working in tandem not unlike …
Continue readingJournalists as Media Advisors As a colleague, I am delighted that Mr.Harish Khare of The Hindu has become the new Media Advisor to the Prime Minister.. But as one of his regular readers of his …
Continue readingThe neutrality of the Speaker
The new Speaker,Meira Kumar, has given a spate of interviews to the media ever since she assumed office. Among other things, she has mentioned that the Constitution does not stipulate that the Speakers should resign …
Continue readingRacist India!
The Outlook magazine must be commended for doing a cover story on racism at home, even as Indians cannot stop protesting against the racism they face elsewhere. It follows this recent report in the Telegraph …
Continue readingLalgarh and the Police State
Press reports tell us that security forces are ‘set to take control’ of Lalgarh in a few hours. It seems that the various groups involved in the conflict include ‘Maoists’, ‘CPM-supporters’, ‘Trinamool-supporters’ and the ‘police’. …
Continue readingMusings on contemporary academic culture
By Pratiksha Baxi [Guest Blogger] [Pratiksha Baxi is no stranger to us, having written her first provocative post recently for us on tabloidization of law. Today, she seeks to initiate another debate on the aberrations …
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