VIP culture, Reservation and the general plight
Indu Indira Lala Road blocks are happening off and on for two different reasons. Reason One – because of a new voice agitating for another demanding community – aka Hardik […]
On India’s Tryst with Destiny
Weekly Column: Thinking Beyond Anoop Swarup India’s tryst with destiny is yet a struggle and I as all my countrymen who heard the Prime Minister on the 69th Independence day […]
Need to rethink development strategies: Rs. 800 crore project for vulnerable tribal groups in Odisha
Subrat Kumar Nayak and Hemant Kumar Sahoo Vasundhra, Bhubaneswar The present case study with a comparative analysis of two Tribal Villages – one Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) village and […]
A measurable goal for a Nonkilling World
Thinking Beyond Anoop Swarup (From Honolulu, Hawaii) Threats to human existence have been predicted, debated and analysed through the ages by mystics and scientists alike and also the science fiction […]
On Nebraska abolishing the death penalty
Jamsheed Rizwani Paris Yet another US state joins the civilized world by banning the death sentence… This is something? quite something coming from a state reputed to be very conservative……My […]
Dany le Rouge for President….
Jamsheed Rizwani Paris: Justice at last….. Daniel Cohn-Bendit, one of the charismatic (he still is) student leaders of May 1968 in France has at last been granted French citizenship by […]
On India’s Century: How Narendra Modi can propel India to move forward as a global power
Thinking Beyond Anoop Swarup As we celebrate one year of Narendra Modi government, the May 18th issue of Time carries a portrait of Narendra Modi on its cover and the […]
Salman Khan, 2002 hit-and-run case and the Indian Justice delivery system
Thinking Beyond Anoop Swarup My head hangs in shame as I cannot speak against the judiciary in a free and democratic India where my right to expression and freedom of […]
Public is paying a heavy price for the countenance to the corrupt Babudom: Is the Modi Government watching?
Our World-Our Times Anoop Swarup Do we need an incompetent bureaucracy or a committed adhocracy I may sound overly sceptical perhaps angry, yes I am, as are scores of […]
Food, clothing, shelter and Internet: For a world more equitable and E-nnovative
Opinion: Our World Our Times Anoop Swarup As regulator TRAI is primed to secure the interest of the Consumer and to safeguard Constitutional guarantees such as the freedom of speech […]
Modi in France: Low key dreams and drools over juicy military and nuclear contracts
Jamsheed Rizwani Paris: Namo comes to the land of liberty equality and fraternity…..with his MAKE IN INDIA sales pitch…. The European Union and France have not really forgotten the 2002 Gujarat […]
Meeting of judges on a holy day for a minority sparks a debate
Jamsheed Rizwani Prominent Indian newspaper The Hindu today published a news item with the heading “Holidays on holy days?” pointing out “to many the exchange of letters between Justice Kurian […]
Let there be fireworks on five star activism, introspection, scrutiny and Judicial Reforms
Our World Our Times Anoop Swarup The issue of five star activism and what drives the judiciary has been raked up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it has become a subject […]
