Opinion
Indian law promotes arbitrary removal and blocking of websites, website content, and online services —making it much easier than getting offline printed speech removed
Pranesh Prakash
| Fri Jan 27, 2012
View From The UK
The income of corporate executives is a form of institutionalised theft, arranged by a kleptocratic class for the benefit of its members
George Monbiot
| Fri Jan 27, 2012
View From Israel
The Egyptian parliament, democratically elected by a free people, has convened for its first session. For me this is a wonderful, a joyful occasion. For many Israelis, this is a worrisome, a threatening sight.
Uri Avnery
| Fri Jan 27, 2012
State Snippets
Home Minister P. Chidambaram better watch out because Finance Minister Pranab Kumar Mukerjee, is getting “bhaav” in this state where a lot of reverence and mileage is reserved for him.
Pushpa Iyengar
| Fri Jan 27, 2012
For The Record
The Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India related issues agrees that the NPR and UIDAI enrolments should proceed simultaneously, with suitable provisions to eliminate avoidable overlap
Fri Jan 27, 2012
From The Wires
"Kabir and Tulsidas are no good because they lived on the ghats of Benaras, whereas Rushdie is great because he lives on the ghats of the Thames! This is the mental level of our 'intellectuals and 'literati'"
Wed Jan 25, 2012
Full Text
The answer lies in our age old values; the ideals of our freedom movement; the principles of our Constitution, as also in our unity, a positive attitude and our aspiration to grow'
Pratibha Patil
| Wed Jan 25, 2012
opinion
Exposing ‘and punishing’ the conspirators and co-conspirators by the Supreme Court is now as important as giving a verdict on the DOB of General V.K. Singh.
Lt Gen Prakash C. Katoch (Retd)
| Wed Jan 25, 2012
Opinion
The courts may have effectively circumscribed Sec 153A and 295A of the IPC by limiting the circumstances under which they may be invoked, yet as long as they exist in a form that allows for anyone to file a police complaint, their job is done.
Lawrence Liang
| Wed Jan 25, 2012
From The Blogs
Let's not put too fine a point on it: there was craven capitulation at Jaipur. Again.
Sundeep Dougal | Tue Jan 24, 2012
Opinion
We haven’t heard the last of L’Affaire Rushdie. It will keep haunting us for some time. Three issues could have unpleasant repercussions
B. Raman
| Tue Jan 24, 2012
Opinion
As writers organise for the ban on The Satanic Verses to be lifted, the battle to undo the damage of the past quarter century has begun. It is time for India to wake up.
Salil Tripathi
| Mon Jan 23, 2012
Opinion
As US puts new focus on Burma amid US-Chinese rivalry in Asia and the Pacific, Burma appears willing to play ball with Washington
Bertil Lintner
| Mon Jan 23, 2012
From The Wires
Salman Rushdie: I've investigated, & believe that I was indeed lied to. I am outraged and very angry. Here's the story. Astonishing.
Sun Jan 22, 2012
Jaipur Literature Festival
Our intention was not to offend anyone’s religious sensibilities, but to give a voice to a writer who had been silenced by a death threat... I believed (and continue to believe) that I was not breaking the law, and had no interest in causing gratuitous offence.
Hari Kunzru
| Sun Jan 22, 2012
Counterpoint
The sequence of events legitimately strengthens the suspicion that the handling of the affair was vitiated by partisan opportunism
B. Raman
| Sat Jan 21, 2012