India, July 13 -- The minister leaned back in his oversized chair, lifted his cup of tea and smiled. A terrified official burst into the room. "Sir, another bridge has developed dangerous cracks." The... Read More
India, July 13 -- Apastamba Dharma Shastra 2.1.2.8; Vishnu Shastra 71.58-59; Satapatha Brahmana 14:1:1:31; Parasara Shashra 6.22; Kurma Purana 11.34.80; Usana Samhita 9.89: "Speaking with an Untouchab... Read More
India, July 13 -- Mumbai is India's financial hub. With an estimated population of 12.5 million, it is home to more billionaires than any other city in Asia. This city is renowned for its Bollywood mo... Read More
India, July 13 -- Of late, some judges of the higher judiciary, through their public speeches and judicial orders, have awakened the national conscience, raising hope of protecting the citizens' funda... Read More
India, July 13 -- During the Internal Emergency (1975-77), socialist leader HV Kamath, speaking at the inaugural meeting of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), referred to the Forty-second ... Read More
India, July 13 -- The most dangerous weapon in India today cannot be bought on the black market. It cannot be smuggled across borders, nor does it require a licence, ammunition, or physical possession... Read More
India, July 13 -- History bears witness to the fact that politicisation and commercialisation are two major distortions of religion. They occur when spiritual systems are repurposed for worldly power ... Read More
India, July 13 -- There was a time when hardly any criminal case in Kerala stirred public imagination as deeply as the Madatharuvi murder case. Even today, I would argue that no other murder trial in ... Read More
India, July 13 -- In the years since 2015, the Karwan-e-Mohabbat, the Caravan of Love, founded by activist Harsh Mander, and this writer, among its core members, has visited nearly a hundred places wh... Read More
India, July 13 -- The first principle of any constitutional democracy is almost axiomatic: judicial determinations are assailed through appellate review, not through orchestrated campaigns of intimida... Read More