~By Inderjit Badhwar
On the eve of India’s 68th Republic Day anniversary, I chanced upon some of the most stirring phrases of leaders who had fought for the nation’s Independence, many of whom live...
Despite several days of the yet unending controversy that has rocked India’s Supreme Court following mutinous accusations from brother judges against the captain of the ship, calling into serious oppr...
~By Inderjit Badhwar
If you think that last week’s press conference by four of the senior-most judges of the Supreme Court—the very Collegium itself–on the sprawling front lawn of Justice Jasti Che...
Above: Muslims and Hindus offering prayers to Lord Ganesha in Ahmedabad
~By Inderjit Badhwar
This year seems not to have begun too propitiously either for the government or the nation. The leitm...
Above: (Clockwise from top left) Some evergreen offers in this issue include a SWOT analysis of Modi’s three years in power; an exclusive account on the country’s super rich, responsible for NPAs in b...
Above: Former telecom minister A Raja at the Patiala House Court after his acquittal in the 2G scam case/Photo: UNI
~By Inderjit Badhwar
I spoke to former UPA Telecom Minister A Raja, the blue-e...
~By Inderjit Badhwar
In 2014, I made a courtesy call on then Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam who was due to retire in a week. Without referring to any specific case before him, the judge seemed...
~By Inderjit Badhwar
Twenty-five years ago, shortly before the Sangh Parivar-led kar sevaks destroyed the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, a young BJP lawyer who now holds a powerful government post told ...
~By Inderjit Badhwar
In a recent post, I ladled praise on the Supreme Court for what I believed was a bold decision in today’s prejudice-charged Indian social milieu, allowing a Kerala woman, Hadiy...
~By Inderjit Badhwar
I was fortunate enough, barely a week ago, to share the stage with the soaring Viennese-born philosopher-novelist Robert Menasse who has just won the coveted German Book Prize...