Category: Human Rights and Legal Issues

W’end Reading: Modi, Bajrang Dal and Syed Shah Geelani

Start your weekend by reading Sh Modi’s interview in The Indian Express…which re-emphasises why development ought to be priority #1 for any political party today. Then read what drives young, articulate leaders like Prakash Sharma to...

Of Students and Sadhvis…

…aka “The Great Joke that is Indian Media – Part VIII” or…one standard for Sadhvi Pragya and another for Mohammed Shakeel & Zia-ur-Rehman. On Oct 23, NDTV reported that The Maharashtra ATS “…claim that they...

“Jaago Re!” and ADR – Two Excellent Initiatives

Last week, I was alerted to two excellent initiatives: Jaago Re! and ADR. Jaago Re!’s focus is to get India’s one billion voters to register and participate in the electoral process. Its uniqueness lies in...

“The Godfather of Bangalore” – Excerpts

This is a dark story* in many ways befitting tonight’s “Amavasya” (eve before the new moon).  It comes from Bengaluru which – one believed – had managed to raise itself from the mire of corruption, crime and dirty...

Where are these missing 30,000?

Courtesy Lokmanch*, the popular Hindi blog, I picked up this worrying bit of information: Between Jan – Jul 2008, almost 30% of Pakistani citizens who travelled to India did not go back after the expiry of...