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Triple talaq: Time for change and empowerment of women

- May 26, 2017

There is need for a re-look into the validity and reform of outdated personal laws in the context of secular polity ~By Pallav Shishodia Triple talaq, spoken with dramatic denouncement, evokes t...

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Caste, an Unsavoury Reality

- May 26, 2017

This is an issue which often hits the headlines in India as seen in the Justice Karnan episode. Is there a better way to handle sensitive caste matters other than aggravating them? ~B...

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Is Karnan the Karna of our times?

- May 26, 2017

The use of contempt power by superior judges over a high court judge has left many in shock and awe as a precedent for the future ~By Pallav ShishodiaJustice Karnan has earned a rare distinction of...

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The Ultimate Test for Being Just

- May 12, 2017

Can India and Pakistan be fair to suspects of espionage and terrorism from the other country? ~By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr The basis of India’s argument in the case of Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadh...

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Arnab versus Anjana: Anjana who?

- May 2, 2017

~By Dilip Bobb Right now, it’s the battle of the billboards, but very shortly, when the enfant terrible of English television news, Arnab Goswami, comes roaring back in his Republic avatar, it coul...

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Fairness creams: Unfair and Unlovely

- April 28, 2017

Abhay Deol’s roast of Bollywood stars endorsing so-called fairness creams gives a new twist to an old controversy ~By Rakesh Bhatnagar The debate over skin colour has taken on a different hue. Act...

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GST Council: A Mini-federal Cabinet?

- April 25, 2017

The attempt to involve states in deciding taxes and assuring them that their share in the tax pool will be higher is beguiling. In the long term, the federal structure of the constitution could be ero...

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On the intolerance of ideas, and liberty …

- April 24, 2017

By Dr. John M I like thinking and learning. Birthdays surely make one slower on the bike, but birthdays, it seems, do not have the same drag on the brain. For me, birthdays...

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Nationalism isn’t a dirty word

- April 22, 2017

Don’t typecast nationalism by reading it with a particular party’s ideology. It is the only spirit that keeps the soldier and the armed forces going. ~By Colonel R Hariharan I was astounded to see ...

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Prohibition: Blessing for Bihar

- April 21, 2017

A look at the socio-economic impact of Nitish Kumar’s decision to ban alcohol in the state ~By Keshav Mohan Since the 1970s, Bihar has lagged behind other states in social and economic develo...

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