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Patriotism versus Nationalism

By Inderjit Badhwar The issue of hardcore, virulent nationalism has jumped centre-stage once again as the ruling BJP has elevated the countrywide ongoing anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) prot...

Sliding India

By Inderjit Badhwar For the first time in recent memory, there is no feel-good “India Story” from Davos. In 2020, the Swiss mountain resort, home to the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), the globe...

Mr Azad gets Bail

By Inderjit Badhwar Whenever an Indian judge or magistrate waves the Indian Constitution in the face of an errant official sworn to uphold its precepts, proscriptions and prescriptions in word and ...

VOLUME VERSUS WISDOM

By Inderjit Badhwar The most popular cliché about India is that it is a land of extremes. That generally refers to the rural-urban, rich-poor chasm. But in the wake of the snowballing university up...

THE TINDERBOX

By Inderjit Badhwar The ugly tug-of-war between the “state” of Delhi and the lieutenant governor (LG) that surfaced several years ago as Najeeb Jung tried to thwart the administrative initiatives o...

SISTERS AND BROTHERS OF INDIA

By Inderjit Badhwar Perhaps the kindest words in the volley of the slings and arrows of  vitriolic abuse flung by political and social opponents of the millions who thronged the streets across this...

Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and Constitutional Morality

As expected, the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 has been challenged in the Supreme Court by several groups including the Congress party. Its leader, Jairam Ramesh, has submitted: “The impugned enac...

RETIRED, MAYBE, BUT NOT HURT

Above: Noah R Feldman was one of the law professors in the US who testified during hearings related to Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry By Inderjit Badhwar The announcement by US House of Repr...

A BANG, BANG, BANG, DECISION

If the night belonged to wily politicians, the day was won by the Supreme Court with its quiet, dignified, conscientious and calibrated approach in extricating the Constitution from the clutches of those who appear to have little or no heed or need for its proscriptions and prescriptions.

PROFILES IN COURAGE

Above: Acting US ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor (R), and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent take oath before the US House Committee during the impeachment hearings for President Donald...

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