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Is Pakistani Army Giving Punjab Its Bhutto?

The popular mood in  the biggest province – the recruiting ground and bulwark of the establishment – has palpably turned against them after the generals decided to take on the former prime minister in...

Death Penalty Waivers: Need For Consistency

Above: Rajoana being brought to hospital in Patiala/Photo: sikh24.com The president’s commutation of death sentence given to Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for Punjab CM Beant Singh’s assassinati...

Judicial Arrogance—A Bit Of Rapport Would Be In Order

Advocate Manoj Srivastava has an unusual request to make to his colleagues. “My earnest request to the Executive Committee and members of the Supreme Court Bar Association is that they should have a r...

A glut of information

By Prabir Biswas Although a "probaashi bangali" (a rather condescending term used by the Bengalis from West Bengal for their ilk who have settled in other parts of India, I have always been fascina...

UK’s New PM Boris Johnson: Close Encounters Of The Elephant Kind

During the leadership race for the conservative party which he finally won yesterday with a massive majority, the United Kingdom’s new prime minister Boris Johnson had stressed on his relations with I...

Her Father’s Daughter

By Asif Ullah Khan Is Maryam Nawaz, daughter of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, destined to be another Benazir Bhutto? Pakistan's two most popular leaders - late Zulfikar Ali Bhu...

Dilemma of the Dynast

By Dilip Bobb As the enigmatic Rahul Gandhi continues to head a headless party, a highly informative paper by Siddharta George of Harvard University, is worth examining. George uses data on the famil...

From a card carrying member of the Khan Market Gang

  By Dilip Bobb It has been my favourite haunt for decades, partly because I happened to live in a series of residences which were in close proximity but mainly because I liked the buzz, th...

SAMUGARH – TURNING POINT IN INDIA’S FUNDAMENTALISM

  By Murad Ali Baig It was on an exceptionally hot day on May 29 1658 that India’s history changed forever. Two great Mughal armies led by Shah Jahan’s eldest son Dara Shikoh and his third so...

Accelerated Process of Dying

The Supreme Court recently expanded the concept of right to life when it delivered a judgment wherein it included the  right to die with dignity as part of right to life    By Kamal Nijhawan ...

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