Monthly Archives: July 2019
Teenager refuses to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’, set ablaze
A 15-year-old Muslim boy was set on fire by four people in Chandauli district when the boy refused to chant "Jai Shri Ram".
The incident...
Hindutva Has Nowhere to Go Except Down the Road to Tyranny
By Prem Shankar Jha
This is the final article of a three-part series. You can read the first part here and the second here.
Two preceding articles in this...
Modi is only the latest, not the first PM to want...
Consensus within the collegium is sometimes resolved through a trade-off resulting in dubious appointments with disastrous consequences for the litigants and the credibility of the judicial system. Besides, institutional independence has also been compromised by growing sycophancy and “lobbying” within the system
Under Modi, Hindus Find Hope for a Temple on Disputed Speck...
By Kai Schultz and Hari Kumar
AYODHYA, India — The barefooted pilgrims passed by watchtowers, checkpoints and walls topped with barbed wire. They emptied their pockets, stepped through...
In Sua Causa : What the judiciary has done to itself
By ATUL DEV
NARENDRA MODI’S ARRIVAL in the prime minister’s office in 2014 heralded tense days for the Indian judiciary. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto had...