by Arup Sen
The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court delivered its Aadhaar verdict on September 26, 2018. Reportedly, while the four judges out of a five-justice Bench broadly upheld the Aadhaar project and its constitutional validity, (...)
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Aadhaar Verdict: Justice Chandrachud’s “Landmark Dissent”
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BJP Chief’s Diabolical Move
29 September 2018, by SCEDITORIAL
BJP President Amit Shah is at it again. After his most objectionable speech at a party rally in Jaipur on September 11 (wherein he mocked at a prime victim of the Sangh Parivar’s lynch-mob, Mohmmad Akhlaq, and those who returned their (...) -
Aadhaar Judgment — A First Impression
29 September 2018, by S G VombatkereThe September 26, 2018 judgment [”Judg-ment” hereinafter] of the five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India (SCI) on the batch of 27 petitions clubbed under “Puttaswamy”, challen-ging the UIDAI’s Aadhaar scheme on various grounds runs to 1448 (...) -
The Essence of Our Secularism
29 September 2018, by Manmohan SinghThe following is the speech of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at the Second Memorial Lecture in honour of the late CPI General Secratary, A.B. Bardhan, on “Defence of Secularism and Constitution” at the Constitution Club, New Delhi on (...) -
Why the Moral Element in Mahatma Gandhi’s Struggle is Important for Us
29 September 2018by Sharad Rajimwale
Mahatma Gandhi devoted his entire life waging a relentless fight against segregationist policies and practices and the rule of divisive politics. In a world where politics thrives on efforts to create differences among people (...) -
Rafale Two
29 September 2018, by Badri RainaFrancois Hollande—he good man,
Tells it like it is,
Causing among the hypocrites
Ripples, pop, and fizz.
The shard of truth holds its edge
Against the battering rams
Of power, pelf, and dissembling,
And the awesomeness of names.
“Men, little men,” (...) -
Relevance of Gandhiji’s Message Today
29 September 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
On October 2 this year India is celebrating the hundred and twentyfifth birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Government of India has set up a special committee studded with VIPs of different denominations and is chalking (...) -
To Mahatmaji
29 September 2018I know I am one among the forty crores of people
I have heard the announcement: the auspicious hour
Of my life has come and all cowardly thoughts
have melted away,
There is festival in my blood, please hold my
hand, Gandhiji,
We have fought, (...) -
Gandhi for Today
29 September 2018Soldiers drunk with the pride of physical strength loot shops and are not even ashamed to take liberties with women. The administration is powerless in the war time to prevent such happenings. The army fulfils their primary need, and they wink (...) -
Gandhi 150: “Absorb whatever appears good in my life”
29 September 2018by D.M. Diwakar
I. Introduction
The stage is all set to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with great fanfare on October 2, 2019. It is a pleasant moment for a proud nation to pay sincere gratitude and tributes to the Father of (...)
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