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TERRORISM BY ANY OTHER NAME

~By Inderjit Badhwar Despite the cliché that “one man’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter”, there do exist in common sense, in law, in international conventions, fairly well-defined def...

IMMUNISING LAWLESSNESS

~By Inderjit Badhwar Washington DC: For many Americans, cutting across geographical, ethnic, linguistic and racial barriers, President Donald Trump has done the unpardonable by pardoning Sheriff Jo...

AFGHANISTAN: WILL TRUMP WALK THE TALK?

~By Inderjit Badhwar Washington DC: President Donald Trump’s much ballyhooed “new” Afghanistan policy is old wine in new bottles. It is more an effort to showcase Trump as being “presidential and d...

AMERICAN FIGHTBACK: THE BIG STORY

~By Inderjit Badhwar WASHINGTON DC:  As a summer of discontent unfolds in America, the world waits and watches to discover how far the most powerful man can manoeuvre the legal and constitutional c...

THE POLITICS OF RANKLEMENT

~By Inderjit Badhwar In a remarkable display of rebellion against President Donald J Trump’s new immigration policies, the city of Chicago, often called the gateway to the heart of America, has fil...

CAUTIONING THE MESSENGER

~By Inderjit Badhwar The Indian media’s Hall of Fame has many individuals who have excelled in reporting on areas like politics, economics, business, international relations, sports, human rights a...

POCSO: A GAP IN THE LAW

Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence ~By Inderjit Badhwar A long overdue piece of legislation aimed at safeguarding the rights, safety and privacy of kids was finally enacted in 2012. Known a...

LATERAL INDUCTION: CAPTURING THE BABUS?

~By Inderjit Badhwar The NITI Aayog (read Modi Administration) recommendation to employ persons from the private sector at all levels of the government —including secretary and joint secretary post...

THE POWER OF BEING SOFT

~By Inderjit Badhwar India has always been a powerful soft power. This attribute is a muscle the nation has used effectively in dealing with the world to make it more accommodating to its permanent...

KARNAN VERDICT: A CLARION CALL

~By Inderjit Badhwar The final Supreme Court judgment which sent former high court judge CS Karnan to jail for contempt of court was not without considerable hand-wringing and introspection by the ...

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