Progress in such a complicated matter has to be necessarily slow and incremental. Maybe a beginning can be made with divorce laws, succession and inheritance laws. Even here legislation should not be rushed through Parliament without discussions. Otherwise, such legislation will meet the fate of the farm laws. —- a common citizen’s quote to meContinue reading “Why is sauce for Nehru’s goose not sauce for Modi’s gander?”
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The Road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions
It seems to me that both America and India find themselves on the horns of the same Hamletian Dilemma : “to quota or not to quota, is the question”. America’s Supreme Court has just given its verdict: Enough is enough of Affirmative Action . India’s Supreme Court continues however to tread most gingerly on thatContinue reading “The Road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions”
Modi, the new Parliament building and Sengkol : a private debate between e-mail friends
A vigorous debate broke out this morning via exchange of emails between me and a couple of senior-citizen senior ranking retired ex-bureaucrats of the Government of India . I will not disclose their identities here as I value their privacy and also respect their right to their own views and convictions. But at the sameContinue reading “Modi, the new Parliament building and Sengkol : a private debate between e-mail friends”
A “National Referendum of the People” is needed to side-step the Constitution of India whose provisions are thwarting the implementation of the “one-nation, one-election” principle !
The impossibility of implementing a change — from the current electoral system in India of holding multiple elections at multiple times in multiple constituencies in our vast country to a system of “one-nation , one-election” every 5 years — has been lucidly explained by a well-respected luminary ( name withheld for privacy reasons) below. AfterContinue reading “A “National Referendum of the People” is needed to side-step the Constitution of India whose provisions are thwarting the implementation of the “one-nation, one-election” principle !”
“Rahul Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi! Let down your beard!” — the Rapunzel of Indian politics
https://www.thehindu.com/news/rahul-gandhis-pappufication-may-be-over-beard-symbolises-image-makeover-experts/article66453944.ece/amp/ THE HINDU DT 2 February 2023 QUOTE “….. he has gone from a boy to a man by sporting a beard. “The moustache and the beard have always been revered as an arrival of manhood in our country…” UNQUOTE 😳🙄🙄🙄 If “The Hindu” report above is to be believed it has taken half aContinue reading ““Rahul Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi! Let down your beard!” — the Rapunzel of Indian politics”
Arun Shourie’s “Courts And Their Judgements: Premises, Prerequisites, Consequences”… and my own take on it as a layman.
First published in 2001, Courts and Their Judgments soon became a pioneering work on the subject. It raised important questions on the functioning of our judiciary— questions that continue to be as relevant today. Do judges merely enforce and interpret the law? Or do they at times interpolate words into statutes, even into the Constitution?Continue reading “Arun Shourie’s “Courts And Their Judgements: Premises, Prerequisites, Consequences”… and my own take on it as a layman.”
STATE CAPITALISM: “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”?
What set me thinking hard after reading the news-report reproduced below is why such a big furore or political storm gets created in India by the media, civil society, hordes of “green” and/or Human-rights NGOs and the Lutyens media mafia as well whenever the Govt of India or some other state government comes forward toContinue reading “STATE CAPITALISM: “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”?”
The Dark side of Dravidianism
In my humble opinion, Dravidian culture can be very proud of its wholesome and healthy worldview. But Dravidianism has 2 sides. One side has rich and ancient heritage in Tamizh… I.e. of great literature, fantastic art, beautiful music, colourful customs and traditions, and the large-hearted cosmopolitanism of a truly open society. There is however anotherContinue reading “The Dark side of Dravidianism”
Who is really governing the Governor?
https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/governor-itis-the-bjps-new-weapon-against-opposition-governments-3465469 Brinda Karat makes out a veiled but forceful case for the abolition of the office of State Governor citing imperfections and infirmities in the way they are appointed , the way they are subjected to pressures and dictats by their political masters in the Central Government and the way they meddle in the runningContinue reading “Who is really governing the Governor?”
The BBC, the Electoral Bond Scheme and Legalised Prostitution
Usually , I read BBC news analysis with more than a truckload of incredulity given the fact of its anti-India prejudice. But this one exception of an article on the Electoral Bond Scheme of India, I confess I really can’t find fault with. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-62991256.amp Arun Jaitley’s devious legal brain it was that conceived, introduced andContinue reading “The BBC, the Electoral Bond Scheme and Legalised Prostitution”