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Is the Modi Raj of Today any Better or Worse than Mrs Gandhi’s 1975-77 Emergency?
21 July 2018, by Ashok ParthasarathiToday, June 25, 2018 is the 43rd anniversary of the Internal Emergency which PM Indira Gandhi declared in 1975. That declaration of Emergency by her was fully in accordance with the provisions of our Constitution Moreover, it was (...) -
Neither Anarchy nor Absolutism — Let Us Have Democracy
21 July 2018, by Badri RainaTwo recent Supreme Court pronouncements restore with sentient purpose the principles of lawful, representative, democratic governance.
Two recent life-giving judgements of the truly honourable Supreme Court of India—one pertaining to deaths by (...) -
Spy Talks between Chiefs of RAW and ISI leave Room for Speculation
21 July 2018BOOK REVIEW
by K.S. Subramanian
Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace by A.S. Dulat, Asad Durrani and Aditya Sinha; Harper Collins Publications India; 2018; Price: Rs 799; pp. 319.
This book relates to a unique series of candid (...) -
Art of Reducing Constitutional Democracy to a Joke
21 July 2018ALL THIS AND MUCH MORE IS TO BE LOCATED IN A SINGULAR OBSESSION WITH ELECTORAL POLITICS
by M.A. Sofi
Looking at what has been a long trail of unedifying events having hogged the headlines over the past four years, the single-most motivating (...) -
Looking back on August 1942 - Aruna Asaf Ali Interview / N.C.’s tribute
21 July 2018July 16 this year marked the 109th birth anniversary of Aruna Asaf Ali, the legendary heroine of the 1942 ‘Quit India’ struggle, the last battle for India’s independence. Here we reproduce the interview she gave to Mainstream (published in this (...) -
Observe 50th Year of Bank Nationalisation: July 19, 1969-July 19, 2018
21 July 2018by C.H. Venkatachalam
July 19, 2018 marks the 50th year of bank nationalisation. Fourtynine years ago, in the year 1969, it was on this historic date of July 19, the Union Government brought the Ordinance nationalising 14 major private banks in (...) -
On “Constitutional Renaissance” and Subversion of the Constitution
21 July 2018, by Arup Kumar SenThe eminent scholar of jurisprudence, Upendra Baxi, has explored the idea of “constitutional renaissance” in the context of the recent deliberations of a Supreme Court Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, and comprising four (...) -
Responsive Coalition Government vis-à-vis Authoritarian Majoritarian Government
21 July 2018by Vijay Kumar
As the 2019 general election draws near, and in the wake of the recent setbacks to the BJP in by-polls across the country and it being outsmarted by the Congress in forming the government in Karnataka despite emerging as the (...) -
RSS in Education, Rampant Bullying in Schools
21 July 2018, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
The RSS’ intrusion into the education sphere is writ large. The RSS-affiliated Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas, headed by Dina Nath Batra, had sent a list of recommendations to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (...) -
Face of the Danger and Our Task
15 July 2018, by SCEDITORIAL
Among several major developments in the domestic scene of late the one that has caught national attention and caused widespread distress is the most reprehensible act of Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha (...)
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