On January 13, the West Bengal government will have to reply to the Calcutta high court’s questions following last week’s violence in Netai village in Lalgarh.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:00 IST
Mahatma Gandhi, accused of sedition by the British Raj, had told the court: “Section 124-A, under which I am happily charged, is perhaps the prince among the political sections of the Indian Penal Code, designed to suppress the liberty of the citizens.”
Section: Analysis | Thursday, December 30, 2010 2:49 IST
We are tired of being taken hostage as our ‘honourable’ MPs hold a gun to our heads and make demands.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, December 16, 2010 3:07 IST
If you are shocked by what diplomats say about their hosts as revealed by WikiLeaks, please relax.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, December 2, 2010 3:20 IST
L.C. Jain, distinguished Gandhian activist and economist, was an unwavering critic of government policies divorced from the masses, that focused blindly on industrial progress.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, November 18, 2010 2:17 IST
A colonial legacy, that suspends citizens’ democratic rights, is the world’s largest democracy’s way of handling insurgency.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, November 4, 2010 3:19 IST
Sadly, with the blossoming of identity politics and chauvinism in India, we frequently see sullying.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, October 21, 2010 3:34 IST
After the initial politeness, all three parties — the Sunni Wakf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla, the unearthly litigant — are appealing against the verdict in the Supreme Court.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, October 7, 2010 2:00 IST
And should ESMA then snatch from us our right to protest in a democracy? I believe it should, when our means of protest compromise the democratic rights and freedoms of others.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, September 9, 2010 0:30 IST
She didn’t care about politics or political correctness. As she said, “We have been created for greater things — to love and to be loved.”
Section: Analysis | Thursday, August 26, 2010 2:29 IST
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