The writer teaches at Ashoka University.
December 07, 2011 03:31 IST
How nepotism and merit feed each other
Wed, Dec 07, 2011August 17, 2011 00:31 IST
Why the new corporate middle class has so much sympathy for Anna?
Wed, Aug 17, 2011June 09, 2010 03:08 IST
No,it holds a mirror to what our politics has become....
Wed, Jun 09, 2010June 04, 2010 00:04 IST
After the Centre partially conceded their demands,a group of disabled people on Wednesday called off their hunger strike held to protest...
Fri, Jun 04, 2010May 29, 2010 02:28 IST
Even if its Canadas business to judge Indian officialdom,their intervention could skew internal debate....
Sat, May 29, 2010May 06, 2010 02:33 IST
The science of crime detection is a work in progress....
Thu, May 06, 2010April 28, 2010 02:04 IST
A debate is on over the specific questions to be asked in the 2011 Census to determine the actual number of disabled in the country....
Wed, Apr 28, 2010April 24, 2010 01:51 IST
As allegations fly against Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi,one specific allegation is that Multi-Screen Media paid US dollars 80 million as facilitation fees to reacquire the telecast rights of the IPL....
Sat, Apr 24, 2010April 22, 2010 01:46 IST
Can words change society? It is a question that is increasingly being asked of our higher judiciary.
Thu, Apr 22, 2010April 14, 2010 02:32 IST
In the Orwellian world we live in,euphemisms arent the province of the state alone. The one that irks me most is Peoples Tribunal.
Wed, Apr 14, 2010February 03, 2010 22:57 IST
Outside,the few protesters braving a muggy London morning waved Jail Tony banners. Inside,Lincolns Inn lawyer and three-time British premier...
Wed, Feb 03, 2010January 26, 2010 23:32 IST
M C Mehta,who was single-handedly responsible for making environmental degradation a part of public discourse,says it is vital that PILs have no ulterior motive
Tue, Jan 26, 2010January 26, 2010 23:28 IST
An open letter by law professor Upendra Baxi sparked the movement that transformed the debate on rape in India....
Tue, Jan 26, 2010January 26, 2010 23:14 IST
On the 60th birthday of our founding text,we remember the historic court judgments that expanded the idea of India,breathing life into our Constitution and the rights it promised us...
Tue, Jan 26, 2010January 10, 2010 03:59 IST
Indian and Botswana on Saturday signed two agreements after Vice-President Hamid Ansari arrived on a three-day visit here and held warm and friendly talks with his counterpart Lt General Mompati Merafhe....
Sun, Jan 10, 2010January 09, 2010 04:00 IST
As part of Indias efforts to reach out to the people of Malawi,Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Friday announced an assistance of US $55 million for the south African country....
Sat, Jan 09, 2010January 07, 2010 02:39 IST
The Indian government has agreed to lend $50 million to the Zambian government for a proposed power plant.
Thu, Jan 07, 2010January 06, 2010 04:10 IST
Dismissing fears that Indias renewed focus on Africa is a response to Chinas aggressive investments in the continent...
Wed, Jan 06, 2010December 28, 2009 02:47 IST
What the next decades landmark political judgment could be.....
Mon, Dec 28, 2009December 19, 2009 02:52 IST
As Justice Dinakarans plight reveals,judicial aloofness cuts both ways....
Sat, Dec 19, 2009December 08, 2009 01:11 IST
With high-profile negotiations on climate change set to begin in Copenhagen,a group of academics and journalists in Delhi debated on Monday what Indias strategy should be.
Tue, Dec 08, 2009December 03, 2009 00:06 IST
On the eve of the World Disability Day,Union Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal said disability-friendly amendments to the Right to Education Act would soon be placed before the Union Cabinet.
Thu, Dec 03, 2009November 28, 2009 02:58 IST
If the Liberhan Commissions recommendations on religion and politics read like a Miss World speech,so does the hurriedly prepared Action Taken Report.
Sat, Nov 28, 2009November 09, 2009 03:58 IST
The elegant white columns are now covered with hoardings,journalist-author Sam Miller and told an adoring crowd at Delhis Oxford Book Store today,But as anyone who has got lost in Connaught Place will tell you,the sense of circularity remains.
Mon, Nov 09, 2009October 28, 2009 23:14 IST
The kickback revelations of Indian envoy Meera Shankar are the result of a US law regarding American companies that bribe foreign officials. India,however,has no such parallel....
Wed, Oct 28, 2009