Daily News & Analysis: Columns by Rakesh Bhatnagar http://www.dnaindia.com/ dnaindia.com delivers news and information on the latest top stories, sport, entertainment, business, technology, Mumbai, India, world and more. en-us COPYRIGHT @ 2012 DILIGENT MEDIA CORPORATION LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED XML::RSS Fri, 25 May 2012 16:02:41 GMT Fri, 25 May 2012 16:02:41 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/syndication/ 10 http://www.dnaindia.com/images/logo_dna_rss.gif Daily News & Analysis: News http://www.dnaindia.com/ 31 88 dnaindia.com delivers news and information on the latest top stories, sport, entertainment, politics, India, World and more. Who has failed ‘we the people' http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_who-has-failed-we-the-people_1688388 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_who-has-failed-we-the-people_1688388 It’s often asked if we failed the Constitution, or the Indian democratic system’s Magna Carta failed the people. Mon, 14 May 2012 05:30:00 GMT Time courts became active, if not proactive http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_time-courts-became-active-if-not-proactive_1685394 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_time-courts-became-active-if-not-proactive_1685394 There’s no dearth of court observations that since a litigant hasn’t “come with clean hands” and concealed the material facts, his or her lawsuit is dismissed with exemplary cost. Mon, 07 May 2012 03:15:00 GMT Quota has its limitations http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_quota-has-its-limitations_1682398 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_quota-has-its-limitations_1682398 Public memory is short. And the ingenuity of human brain, that is at work 24x7 in the corridors of power, takes advantage of this short memory in tinkering with the established laws and verdicts. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:45:00 GMT Time to put justice on fast track http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_time-to-put-justice-on-fast-track_1679428 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_time-to-put-justice-on-fast-track_1679428 The tardy pace of the criminal dispensation system has overstuffed the Indian jails by 127%. Isn’t time to save the system from derailment? Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:45:00 GMT Tying with a common thread http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_tying-with-a-common-thread_1676379 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_tying-with-a-common-thread_1676379 It is believed that the proposed law could prevent child marriages because there will be strict check on minors being forcibly pushed into a relationship that even many adults don’t find it smooth to live with. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:30:00 GMT Graft contaminates water supply too http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_graft-contaminates-water-supply-too_1673360 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_graft-contaminates-water-supply-too_1673360 After having tightened its grip on natural resources such as spectrum and minerals, corruption has flown into the field of water supply too. Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:30:00 GMT Big bench on black money a waiting game http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_big-bench-on-black-money-a-waiting-game_1670306 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_big-bench-on-black-money-a-waiting-game_1670306 Delay in delivery of vital information is caused due to the delay in setting up a larger bench to decide whether the government could seek review of the significant ruling. Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT Corruption from cradle to pyre http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_corruption-from-cradle-to-pyre_1667456 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_corruption-from-cradle-to-pyre_1667456 Most Indian’s tryst with corruption is lifelong. It’s a sordid experience that starts from the cradle and ends, if you allow me, at the cremation pyre. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:30:00 GMT Perjury is also a way of litigation http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_perjury-is-also-a-way-of-litigation_1664212 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_perjury-is-also-a-way-of-litigation_1664212 The assassination of former railways minister Lalit Narayan Mishra 37 years ago continues to be a matter of judicial proceeding and this case is a classic example of derailed dispensation machinery. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:21:00 GMT Budget 2012: A retroactive step to hit Voda, others http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_budget-2012-a-retroactive-step-to-hit-voda-others_1663491 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_budget-2012-a-retroactive-step-to-hit-voda-others_1663491 What the government could not achieve through court, it has sought to get by amending a provision in the Income Tax Act from retrospective effect to recover monies from companies. Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:40:00 GMT