SC to bureaucrats: Don't take oral instructions from netas - Will the bureaucrats show some guts vis-a-vis the politicians?

SC to bureaucrats: Don't take oral instructions from netas - The Times of India:

Sexual cultures of contemporary India - The Hindu

Sexual cultures of contemporary India - The Hindu:

'via Blog this'

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.

Proportional representation: A difficult choice

Proportional representation: A difficult choice:

Public Books — The History of Secrets

Public Books — The History of Secrets:

Right to Privacy - a consequence of the need of secrecy.

Gandhi Used His Position To Sexually Exploit Young Women. The Way WE React To This Matters Even Today | Youth Ki Awaaz

Gandhi Used His Position To Sexually Exploit Young Women. The Way WE React To This Matters Even Today | Youth Ki Awaaz:

Gandhi's 'experiments' with 'Brahmacharya' have been a matter of common knowledge. However, in the context of Asaram it has acquired a sort of contemporaneity.

Down the rabbit hole : Why is political philosophy not taken seriously by politicians?

Down the rabbit hole:

Political philosophy is not taken seriously by politicians. Why?

Lust: A Hidden Influence on Foreign Policy | The National Interest

Commentary: Lust: A Hidden Influence on Foreign Policy | The National Interest:

The Impact of Lust or ' knavish lad Cupid' on international relations.

Crimes Against India - Stephen Knapp

Crimes Against India:

Crimes Against India by Stephen Knapp

Crimes Against India:

10 past Republicans who’d never make it in today’s crazy GOP - Salon.com

10 past Republicans who’d never make it in today’s crazy GOP - Salon.com:

Fake Liberalism which turns into Populism gives a fillip to strong Conservatism.

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.

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.