Sunday, October 27, 2013

Fading Judicial Independence

Fading judicial independence - The Hindu:

Politicians of all hue want to make judiciary their handmaiden. The proposed amendment to the Constitution passed by Rajya Sabha as 120th Constitution Amendment Bill makes sinister attempt to throttle the independence of judiciary.

Why readers love big biographies -

Why readers love big biographies - Salon.com:

As we want to know all about the subject we prefer gargantuan biographies.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Despicable charade - How the authority of PM's office has been shattered?

Despicable charade - The Hindu:

This is the fate of every PM who occupies office as someone's dole.

Measure for unconstitutional measure

Measure for unconstitutional measure - The Hindu:

Happily the Indian democracy has triumphed and the discredited UPA Cabinet has decided to withdraw the Bill.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

The real clash is within civilisations | Frank Furedi | spiked

The real clash is within civilisations | Frank Furedi | spiked:

Clash of Civilisations and clash within civilisations are taking place simultaneously.

Ronald Dworkin : Wrong in the right way | Rationalist Association

Wrong in the right way | Rationalist Association:

Ronald Dworkin, the atheist philosopher who supports the right to pornography, gives secular reasons in support of the right to religion.

Machiavelli: Still Shocking after Five Centuries | The National Interest

Machiavelli: Still Shocking after Five Centuries | The National Interest:

No political philosopher is as misunderstood and as vilified for things he didn't do as Niccolo Machiavelli. Machiavelli only advocated autonomous space for politics. He was not unethical, but simply amoral realist. From Kautilya, Mencius & Thucydides to Hobbes and Morgenthau philosophers of statecraft have taken position which is called Realism. Machiavelli was simply a realist.