Profile of Shastri Ramachandaran
Justice Chandrachud Sounds The Alarm, But Who’s Listening?
The only long-term beneficiary of the Mumbai police action is Arnab Goswami himself.
It’s not just TRPs, newspaper readership figures are suspect too.
TIME magazine’s focus on the Shaheen Bagh Dadi also signifies that people’s protests in India and the causes being fought for on the streets in the face of brutal crackdowns by state agencies have gained global recognition.
India’s security concerns would not stand in the way of Sri Lanka’s economic and commercial relations with China and Pakistan.
Irrespective of the party in office at the Centre, there has been no let up in the imposition of Hindi across the country
This August 5 was also a celebration of the rapid development and deployment of the Kashmir Model -- a model that begins with media control and the propaganda of development and economic progress being thwarted by political evil, legitimising the Muslim Other as the enemy, and finally culminating in plain and simple repression.
If Delhi Police has done its investigation without fear or favour, why does it want its own prosecutors?
With foreign policy now reduced to a plaything of domestic politics—as a tool to target rival parties and political leaders and select minorities—media has chosen to extend the divisive hate politics and prejudices, including racial and ethnic bias to the foreign front.
Truth is the first casualty in any military conflict. Hence, it is difficult to say which country’s leadership is more set on resolving the boundary dispute by any means.
For all the bombast of Make in India and Aatmanirbhar, domestic manufacturers have been unable to meet the demand for rapid testing kits and ventilators.
In kowtowing to the BJP, Kejriwal is seen as having betrayed those who reposed their trust in him. Although Kejriwal’s AAP voted against CAA in Parliament, his party did not take a stand on the law in its election campaign.
The levy on alcohol is an act of executive excess and deserves to be struck down for political, economic and moral reasons, among others.
In Lockdown 2.0, the emphasis was on both life and livelihood. India is entering phase 3 after much talk of economic revival, and fears over loss of livelihood claiming more lives than COVID-19.
The impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the pressures it has given rise to is far less on Prime Minister Narendra Modi than most of the global leaders.
The Kunal Karma 'heckling' case tells us a lot about our government, powerful journalists…and how they can gang up to terrorise a flyer if he irritates a celebrity loyal to the ruling dispensation, writes Shastri Ramachandran.
Clearly, dissent, criticism of government, questioning politicians – all of which are fundamental to a democracy – have come to be treated as sedition by the police and a section of the magistracy in the prevalent political order. Such terrorising of critics and protesters endangers the very idea of democracy, writes Shastri Ramachandran.
Prohibitory orders continue to be used indiscriminately and all that stands between the government and the people is the judiciary.
Yogi Adityanath’s ruthlessness may be replete with messages not only for the protesters, the minorities and BJP MLAs in the state but also for the “Delhi Duo”.
From Ayyappa board members to the activists, from those courting trouble in Ayyapa’s name to the court, none is with the Left, no matter how it deals with the situation in this Sabarimala season.
Having invested all its political capital in Kashmir, the BJP cannot take foreign policy decisions by ignoring domestic compulsions.
The chargesheet against Chidambaram in INX Media case is akin to producing a dead rat. It trivialises the case and raises questions about the credibility of the accusations.
If the US withdraws from Afghanistan, India, which has steadfastly supported the US, would be sidelined in favour of the Taliban, with which the US has resumed talks.