by A.K. Biswas
The demand for an inclusive judiciary is almost a century old, if not longer. When the Indian Statutory Commission with John Simon as its Chairman—also known as the Simon Commission—visited the Indian subcontinent in 1928 for (...)
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Reservation in Judiciary?
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The Blood-soaked Kashmir
28 January 2019by M.A. Sofi
Conflict, they say, is the continuation of state policies by other means. Which is why attempts shall continue to be made by the state institutions to ignite passions between castes and communities, on the one hand, and to scuttle (...) -
Escalation in the Kashmir Conflict
28 January 2019RETURN TO ARMED VIOLENCE AS THE DOMINANT REFERENCE-POINT AND SECURITISATION OF THE KASHMIR DISCOURSE
M. Ibrahim Wani and Saima Farhad
In the year 2018, more than 250 local militants have been killed in operations by the state security forces in (...) -
Reservation for the Economically Backward: Another Gimmick
28 January 2019by Ram Puniyani
The hierarchical Indian caste system has been a big obstacle to the journey towards equality. With independence and the coming into being of the Constitution, provisions were made for the socially backward classes, and for (...) -
Pakistan: An Alternative Perspective
28 January 2019, by Gargi ChakravarttyBOOK REVIEW
People’s Movements in Pakistan by Aslam Khwaja; The Marginalised Publication, Wardha and Delhi; 2017; Rs 800.
At a time when there is so much communal polarisation in our country with a spate of hate politics towards minorities, (...) -
Turkey at Crossroads: Confronting Domestic and External Challenges in a Turbulent Region
28 January 2019FOCUS ON MIDDLE EAST
by Purusottam Bhattacharya
Introduction
Turkey has been a nation in turmoil in recent times. It was buffeted from one crisis to another ever since the beginning of the civil war in Syria—with which it shares a long border—in (...) -
Divine players in Indian Politics
28 January 2019by L.K. Sharma
Foreign reporters coming to cover India’s general election in a few months ought to dive deep into the sea of mythology that has sustained this ancient civilisation. Apart from India’s secular and democratic Constitution, they (...) -
A Close Look at Bangladesh Elections
28 January 2019by Mahendra Ved
Nothing excites a Bangladeshi more than a go at politics, especially electoral politics. Every election in this South Asian nation has had more than its share of noisy campaigns, violence and controversies. The December 30, 2018 (...) -
Gujarat: Haren Pandya refuses to ‘Die’
28 January 2019by R.K. Misra
On November 3, a key witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh alleged fake encounter case told a Mumbai court that the murder of senior BJP leader and former Gujarat Minister Haren Pandya in 2003 was a contract killing executed at the (...)
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