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“Law’s delay”, as Shakespeare famously put in one of his plays on the dysfunction of the system of governance, is proverbial. Those who want to dodge the operation of the law try every possible and impossible way to delay the process of law so as...

We hosted the foreign minister of Pakistan, a young dynast of the sort India is familiar with. His mother, who was prime minister, was assassinated by extremists, his grandfather, who was prime minister, was assassinated by the judiciary and the army.His uncles were assassinated, one...

Despite the practice being illegal across the country, eight people have died while cleaning sewers in various parts of Gujarat in March-April this year. Social activists however claim that the real number of such deaths is significantly higher. According to some reports, the state ranks...

Not much is known about the religious aspect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the focus has, so far, been on military prowess of the warring nations and tactical advantages gained or lost on the soil of Ukraine. That it has also been turned into...

The Supreme Court’s direction to all states and Union Territories to register cases on their own against those making hate speeches is a very welcome step. This development, to rein in hate mongers, has been damaging the social fabric of this nation for the past...

Sabka Saath is a lie or a delusion. More likely a lie because exclusion is deliberately perpetrated and institutionalised in the BJP. It has no Muslim MP or MLA but says Sabka Saath. Its ministers garland those who are convicted of lynching minorities, but it...

The race is on to succeed the Director General of Police (DGP) of Tamil Nadu C. Sylendra Babu who is due for superannuation at the end of June. The buzz in Delhi seems to suggest that Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora is a sure-shot winner,...

India has overtaken China as the world’s most populous country, according to latest UN population estimates. The projections are calculated through a combination of factors including dated census data and birth and death rates. The exact figures show India having a population of 1.4286 billion...

Bureaucrats in India need to learn a lesson from their counterparts in the UK who have been instrumental in the removal of Dominic Raab from the posts of Deputy Prime Minister, Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor. The bureaucracy that the British bequeathed to India was...

Finally, the government has broken its silence on the explosive disclosures on the Pulwama terror attack by former Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik. The response in the form of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks during a media outlet’s programme April 22 came...