Justice Markandey Katju- January 26 will be celebrated tomorrow, as Republic Day in India, but I have renamed it Cheer Haran (disrobing) Day. The truth is that the Constitution promulgated in 1950 has been flagrantly flouted and torn to shreds and has been rendered a scarecrow, hollow and empty, and now only acting as an instrument […]
Ritu Jha- Concerned and surprised over the proposal to establish a three-state capital in Andhra Pradesh, over hundred people with roots in Andhra Pradesh traveled to San Francisco and have submitted a memorandum to the Consul General of India in San Francisco, Sanjay Panda, urging the President of India to intervene and help the […]
Arul Louis- An American man who wanted to become an executioner for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and fight against India has admitted before a federal judge that he was guilty of providing support to the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation, according to officials. John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that Jesus Wilfredo Encarnacion, […]
Nikhila Natarajan- American voters reacting in real-time to the historic impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump are saying only something “dramatic” and “crazy” could tip the balance against Trump and that he is on course to win re-election by a “razor thin” margin this November. Barely days into Trump’s impeachment trial, US voters […]
Yajurvindra Singh – Cricket as a sport in the past was always looked at as one that had the aura of royalty. Whether it was played on the village green or in a stadium, it had that lethargic approach of a sport that showcased elegance, character and endurance rather than one with a fast and […]
Deepika Bhan- For three decades a community of over five lakh people has been waiting for justice to get the perpetrators of their forced exodus identified and booked. The Kashmiri Pandits, a minority community from Kashmir, regard their exodus as a case of ‘genocide’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’. For them January 19-20 is a painful memory […]
Justice Markandey Katju- Kashmiri Pandits ( KPs ) were a small peaceful community living for centuries in Kashmir. They constituted of only about 400,000 people out of the 8 million people living in Kashmir i.e. about 5% of the total population. In the 1990s they were selectively targeted during the militancy in Kashmir, several […]
Naveen Zalpuri – It was almost a week on Jan. 18,1990, that I had been staying in mamaji’s (maternal uncle) home in Zaindar Mohalla in Srinagar. My mamaji passed away on May 1, 1989, leaving behind my aunt Sarlaji and cousin Deepu, who was a year younger. Theirs was a rented accommodation in the […]
Ayesha Tariq and Janhvi Prakash- The Indian subcontinent is going through a painful turbulent transitional period in its history, a transition from feudal to modern society. In this period both law and literature can play an important role in getting over this transition, law by creating modern norms and destroying outdated feudal ones, literature […]
indica News Bureau- Indian-American senator Kamla Harris, could still find herself in the White House after the Democratic Party frontrunner Joe Biden said he would consider her for ‘anything’, including the position of Vice President, even though Harris ended her presidential campaign on a less than satisfactory note in December 2019. Harris, who is […]
