Journalism of Courage
Advertisement
Manoj Mitta
Manoj Mitta is the author of Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India
Authors you can follow
More From Manoj Mitta - Page 15
How Hindutva got judicial approvalSubscriber Only
April 18, 2002 00:00 IST
For all the controversy aroused by his observations on religion, Atal Bihari Vajpayee has got away with one particularly clever falsehood. W...
Thu, Apr 18, 2002Someone called Vajpayee once said: we never fish for votes in bloodSubscriber Only
April 16, 2002 00:00 IST
Given the Prime Minister’s flip-flops and the hectic pace he’s keeping over the last fortnight—Shah Alam to Singapore to Goa&...
Tue, Apr 16, 2002NHRC: Rubber Stamp gets GUJARAT SEALSubscriber Only
April 14, 2002 00:00 IST
THE whole point of a website, you might think, is to give the latest information. But go to www.nhrc.nic.in, the website of the National Hum...
Sun, Apr 14, 2002In this photo, she’s trying to touch my feet, says JoshiSubscriber Only
April 11, 2002 00:00 IST
A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words. But when it comes to that of Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati embracing in Ayodhya on Dec...
Thu, Apr 11, 2002See no evil, Modi tells probe panelSubscriber Only
April 07, 2002 00:00 IST
Was the violence in Godhra pre-planned? Were the riots that followed pre-planned? Was there police and government complicity in the carnage ...
Sun, Apr 07, 2002How the foreigner issue fizzled outSubscriber Only
April 07, 2002 00:00 IST
Sonia Gandhi owes a special thanks to Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah for saving her from being caught in the vortex of a potentially damaging c...
Sun, Apr 07, 2002Death sentence has some very unusual wordsSubscriber Only
April 05, 2002 00:00 IST
A death penalty is given in ‘‘the rarest of rare cases.’’ The latest death sentence upheld by the Supreme Court is also ...
Fri, Apr 05, 2002Why politicians won’t like review panel ideasSubscriber Only
April 03, 2002 00:00 IST
The Constitution Review Commission has come down heavily on politicians or, more specifically, legislators. And come up with a batch of reco...
Wed, Apr 03, 2002Curbing judges’ perks: panel proposed and then disposedSubscriber Only
April 02, 2002 00:00 IST
The Constitution Review Commission rolled back some of the recommendations that it itself set to limit ‘‘privileges’’ ac...
Tue, Apr 02, 2002Sex, lies and Sukh RamSubscriber Only
February 08, 2001 00:00 IST
This is how the Crime Against Women Cell of the Delhi Police interrogated a five-year-old girl called Nikita. The questioner asked Nikita ...
Thu, Feb 08, 2001Row over President’s R-Day speech — It was Gandhi’s idea, not Ayub Khan’sSubscriber Only
January 30, 2001 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 29: Who exactly inspired the Constitution Review Commission to float the idea of indirect elections? Former Pakistani dicta...
Tue, Jan 30, 2001Pricing out justiceSubscriber Only
January 25, 2001 00:00 IST
Law minister Arun Jaitley has been getting a good press for the various measures he announced in a bid to reinforce liberalisation with mu...
Thu, Jan 25, 2001SSP — Centre and states squabble over legal technicalitiesSubscriber Only
January 15, 2001 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 14: What exactly is the meaning of the word ``arguably''? The Centre and two states have been squabbling over it in context...
Mon, Jan 15, 2001Towards a contrived stabilitySubscriber Only
January 11, 2001 00:00 IST
When the Government set up the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution of India (NCRWC) last year, it was against th...
Thu, Jan 11, 2001The five-lane track to speedier justiceSubscriber Only
January 08, 2001 00:00 IST
In 1950, the first year of its existence, the Supreme Court had a backlog of just 690 cases. Thereafter, the arrears mounted by the year t...
Mon, Jan 08, 2001Greetings from Corporate IndiaSubscriber Only
December 28, 2000 00:00 IST
Come New Year and it's time for all and sundry companies to send out greeting cards associated with a variety of laudable causes, social o...
Thu, Dec 28, 2000Christian divorce law to get a more humane faceSubscriber Only
December 26, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 25: It’s a Christmas gift for which several women's rights organizations have been struggling for. ...
Tue, Dec 26, 2000Let the judges judgeSubscriber Only
December 14, 2000 00:00 IST
The Prime Minister's pronouncements on Ayodhya have been widely attacked for fanning communal flames and violating the NDA embargo. But wh...
Thu, Dec 14, 2000Perhaps, Vajpayee didn’t read the CBI chargesheetSubscriber Only
December 07, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 6: The clean chit given today by Prime Minister A B Vajpayee to the three chargesheeted ministers flies in the face of...
Thu, Dec 07, 2000The three obstructorsSubscriber Only
November 16, 2000 00:00 IST
The resignations of the Gujarat duo, Union minister Harin Pathak and state minister Ashok Bhatt, have revived questions about the continua...
Thu, Nov 16, 2000Verdict that flummoxesSubscriber Only
November 02, 2000 00:00 IST
The differences between the honourable judges of the Supreme Court on the Narmada project are as revealing as they are disturbing. Though ...
Thu, Nov 02, 2000Gallantry medal — Kanth defends it, facts don’tSubscriber Only
October 22, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 21: Responding to the report in Friday's edition of The Indian Express (Amod Kanth's gallantry medal is badge of shame)...
Sun, Oct 22, 2000Amod Kanth’s gallantry medal is badge of shameSubscriber Only
October 20, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 19: Amod Kanth was the only Delhi IPS officer to get a gallantry medal during the 1984 Sikh riots. The citation says th...
Fri, Oct 20, 2000A relatively ambiguous crimeSubscriber Only
October 05, 2000 00:00 IST
The conviction last week of P.V. Narasimha Rao is reminiscent of what happened decades ago with the legendary mafia don of Chicago, Al Cap...
Thu, Oct 05, 20001984 riots — 10,000 affidavits filedSubscriber Only
October 03, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 2: It’s an inquiry being held for the second time and into an event that took place 16 years ago, bu...
Tue, Oct 03, 2000Journalism of Courage
Install the Express App for
a better experience
a better experience
Featured
Trending Topics
News
Multimedia
Follow Us