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A Two-Faced Budget

By Sujit Bhar This year’s budget proposals were a wonder a minute. This time Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke for just 90 minutes and did not come out with any figures that can satisfy al...

Gandhi and the Spanish Flu

By Dilip Bobb Author and journalist Laura Spinney’s gripping narrative titled Pale Rider was written before the current pandemic but has been reprinted by her publishers because of its relevance t...

Snubbing Uncle Sam

By Kenneth Tiven in Washington Many Americans old enough to remember the Watergate burglary hearings that led dramatically to then President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974 are mystified how f...

Balancing the Books

By Shivanand Pandit In November 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had declared the creation of India’s first-ever “Bad Bank”. Now in January 2022, the RBI has finally given the bad bank th...

Born Free, Stay Free

By Devender Singh Aswal Every man’s home, even if it has a thatched roof, is his citadel. A home is the sanctuary which provides us shelter, privacy, safety, security and joy unspeakable. Yet, pro...

Tardy Justice

By Lokendra Malik The Supreme Court of India, established in 1950, is considered one of the most powerful courts in the world. It is the guardian of the Constitution and has a great record of pr...

A Gift of Citizenship?

By Prof Upendra Baxi No doubt Indian citizens, and even persons within jurisdiction, are entitled to crucially important fundamental and human rights. And it may sound strange, but it is true that...

US Supreme Court: Biden’s first choice

By Kenneth Tiven in Washington In an announcement that surprised almost no one, US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said he will retire at the end of this court term, giving President Joe Bid...

Justice Sikri’s Quest for Human Dignity

By Lokendra Malik & Shaileshwar Yadav “Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans, Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground; The emptiness of ages on his face, And on his back the burden of world.”...

Pawns in Party Politics

By Devender Singh Aswal The New India script has multiple dimensions, including proposed changes in the Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954, by the Government of India. But states se...

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