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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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Debate on media coverage of terror

On December 9, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Foundation for Media Professionals (FMP), New Delhi, is organising a two-hour debate on the media’s coverage of terror, in the context of the recent Mumbai attacks. “Who is to blame for media hysteria on …

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Mumbai attacks & Non-State actors

On December 8, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Over at the legal developments blog, there is a good academic discussion – missed in the mainstream media – on how and whether India can establish the link between the terrorists involved in the Mumbai …

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Mumbai attacks: Diplomacy is the answer

On December 7, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Mumbai attacks have provoked a mixed response, ranging from jingoistic knee-jerk reactions to sober analysis based on facts and reasoning. As our blog is better known for the latter, it was indeed a surprise …

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Lessons from the new UK Supreme Court?

On December 6, 2008 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

The United Kingdom will get a new Supreme Court in late 2009 to replace the appellate committee of the House of Lords, as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act of 2005. The evolution of …

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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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Paradigms of Judicial Independence

On December 4, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

I am glad to post here the lecture delivered by the former Chief Justice of India, Justice J.S.Verma recently at Patna. Justice Verma, the author of the Supreme Court’s Judgment in the Second Judges case …

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Salve at Oxford – Terrorism and (a political analysis of) PILs

On December 4, 2008 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Mr Harish Salve, former Solicitor-General, gave a talk last night (03 December 2008) at Exeter College, Oxford. The two themes he discussed are summarised below: On terrorism:Mr. Salve noted that this attack has been perceived …

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A milestone in Centre-State relations

On December 4, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The media almost missed to report a significant recent milestone in the evolution of Centre-State relations in India until I brought it to the public domain in this article (pp.99-101).

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BOOK REVIEWS

On December 3, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

In this book review, I have reviewed two recent books, written by O.Chinnappa Reddy and Shanti Bhushan, mentioned on this blog a few days ago. It is difficult, for space reasons, to be exhaustive in …

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