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Abhinav Kumar
The writer is a serving IPS officer. Views are personal.
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Battle at BomdilaSubscriber Only
November 14, 2018 00:10 IST
Winning this one is no feather in the cap for the Indian Army.
Wed, Nov 14, 2018
Crime and complicitySubscriber Only
October 04, 2018 00:02 IST
Gomti Nagar murder may not be related to UP police’s ‘encounter culture’. But it calls for introspection.
Thu, Oct 04, 2018
Smoke and errorsSubscriber Only
July 12, 2018 00:10 IST
Punjab government’s approach to drug menace is counter-productive. Compulsions of electoral politics and demagoguery continue to trump common sense, decency and evidence about what doesn’t work.
Thu, Jul 12, 2018
Kathua’s inconvenient truthsSubscriber Only
April 17, 2018 00:05 IST
Outrage over heinous crime cannot be a replacement for strengthening rule of law. Civil society must start — and sustain — a debate on the need for improving the quality of policing.
Tue, Apr 17, 2018
Rhetoric to reasoned debateSubscriber Only
April 07, 2018 01:00 IST
The SC order on Atrocities Act calls for a dispassionate discussion. At stake is not just the question of justice for victims of caste atrocities, but also the issue of due process and the rule of law.
Sat, Apr 07, 2018
With fear and favourSubscriber Only
November 15, 2017 00:30 IST
The Gudiya and Pradyuman murder cases should be a wake-up call for the entire IPS leadership of the country. We need to ask ourselves: Who do we serve and who do we protect?
Wed, Nov 15, 2017
Piercing the Panchkula hazeSubscriber Only
August 31, 2017 00:00 IST
The states of India have simply not invested enough in the police. As a result, for anything more than a routine, local law and order problem, the states end up seeking assistance from the Centre. This is usually provided in the form of CAPFs, and in extreme cases, by the Indian Army.
Thu, Aug 31, 2017
The ineffective stateSubscriber Only
June 30, 2017 00:54 IST
After the Delhi 2012 gangrape, outrage and breast-beating became the substitute for thoughtful analysis and policy-making. Let it not happen again, after the lynchings
Fri, Jun 30, 2017
Shooting the copSubscriber Only
March 22, 2017 01:26 IST
Police should not be scapegoated for arrests in high-profile corruption cases
Wed, Mar 22, 2017
The constable’s lamentSubscriber Only
January 17, 2017 00:25 IST
Outrage and disquiet following the video about food served to BSF jawans is understandable. But hype and hysteria cannot help resolve the issues it has flagged.
Tue, Jan 17, 2017
Before amending the lawSubscriber Only
September 09, 2016 00:00 IST
The recent debate about the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act demands that changes must be seen in this context.
Fri, Sep 09, 2016
At Stake In KashmirSubscriber Only
July 18, 2016 00:02 IST
Kashmir poses not just moral but also existential questions involving statecraft.
Mon, Jul 18, 2016
The Handwara HarbingerSubscriber Only
April 25, 2016 00:40 IST
Is this the beginning of another scorching summer of discontent in the Valley?
Mon, Apr 25, 2016
JNU: Freedom Of ScreechSubscriber Only
February 18, 2016 00:08 IST
As a police officer, and citizen, I find JNU debate an assault on public interest
Thu, Feb 18, 2016
A terror strike, a misdirected debateSubscriber Only
January 13, 2016 00:05 IST
Going by this viewpoint, the army is the sole repository of competence and commitment in anti-terror operations in the country.
Wed, Jan 13, 2016
Kailash Manasarovar: A Higher PlaneSubscriber Only
September 27, 2015 01:00 IST
In all mythologies, the mountains belong to the gods. The Kailash Manasarovar region too is a Jerusalem of religious traditions. And most appropriately, the fabled yatra is a journey of renunciation.
Sun, Sep 27, 2015
Notes from a thullaSubscriber Only
August 01, 2015 00:00 IST
Yakub Memon gets all legal protections, and all the tears. The policeman lives and dies unsung.
Sat, Aug 01, 2015
Sardar Patel’s police forceSubscriber Only
May 11, 2015 00:00 IST
National security needs that led him to press for the IPS are as alive as ever
Mon, May 11, 2015
Sad day for the pompousSubscriber Only
March 25, 2015 00:00 IST
Freedom to mock and ridicule the powerful has thankfully been restored.
Wed, Mar 25, 2015
Being SMART, after UberSubscriber Only
December 12, 2014 01:03 IST
India cannot be policed with 19th century laws and mindsets.
Fri, Dec 12, 2014
The poor parrotSubscriber Only
September 12, 2014 00:23 IST
Controversy around CBI director’s visitors should not be used to stifle police autonomy.
Fri, Sep 12, 2014The encounter cop,a broken omertaSubscriber Only
September 09, 2013 00:35 IST
The question is not of the individual culpability of Vanzara and his team,but of the systemic distortions that have led us to this situation
Mon, Sep 09, 2013Of heroes and heroinSubscriber Only
January 31, 2009 01:34 IST
The Saji Mohan saga is shameful. But it also offers an opportunity for the police to cleanse itself
Sat, Jan 31, 2009
Now that the candle light vigils are overSubscriber Only
February 16, 2007 23:57 IST
To understand the evil that flourished in Nithari, look at its thana, or any thana across the country. That’s where it all begins. And where it still continues
Fri, Feb 16, 2007After the cop out, let’s find some copsSubscriber Only
December 01, 2005 00:26 IST
K C Surendrababu was a dyed-in-the-wool Telugu bidda. When I first met him during training at Hyderabad, he spoke Hindi haltingly with a lyr...
Thu, Dec 01, 2005Journalism of Courage
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