New Delhi: The Madras High Court on Tuesday temporarily put on hold the central government notification that outlawed sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets triggering a political storm while directing the state and the Government of India to reply in four weeks. The court observed that it wasContinue Reading
Geneva: India under the Narendra Modi regime faces a review of its human rights record by the U.N. Human Rights Council. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group of the UN will examine India’s human rights record for the third time on Thursday, May 4. As of now, India isContinue Reading
Chhotebhai The morning after the election results were out was chilly, not just because of the chilling results. A chill wind was indeed blowing, one that could bode ill for the country. The BJP’s electoral sweep in U.P. had chilled me to the bone, so I was trying to catchContinue Reading
Three suggestions to help change fundamentals in IndiaContinue Reading
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Development without enlightenment is the opium of the massesContinue Reading
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power in 2014 projecting the image of a strong leader who could bring an end to terrorism and tame nuclear rival Pakistan. Just over two years later, Modi faces his first big foreign policy test: how to respond to theContinue Reading
In April 2014, a most famous, significant and controversial ‘Clean Chit’ was retained by the Supreme Court on India. The august body refused to entertain a plea questioning the Special Investigation Team probe giving ‘Clean Chit’ to the then Gujarat Chief Minister in the 2002 riots case. Describing the pleaContinue Reading
During the 2014 general election, I, along with many other NRIs, pledged my vicarious support to the BJP and Narendra Modi. Any arguments that called into question Modi’s dubious human rights record and worrisome support for the Hindutva-oriented Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) fell on deaf ears. I was quick toContinue Reading
Achche Din spotted on the horizonContinue Reading
