Justice Markandey Katju- India is passing through a transitional period in its history, the transition from feudal, agricultural to a modern, industrial society. In this transitional era, many young Indian women are facing some serious problems, which are mentioned here. It is natural for most young women to desire suitable husband and children. I […]
Amit Kapoor- The Indian pharmaceutical industry has become almost synonymous with the US regulatory authorities. The Indian firms that have slowly expanded their market share in the generics segment have been facing increased American scrutiny over quality issues. While that has been an ongoing process, fresh allegations have been leveled by 44 US states […]
Shalini Nataraj- In January of this year, the National Women’s Party (NWP), an all-women political party, was launched in New Delhi. The NWP had a very ambitious goal to contest half of the Lok Sabha (283 of the 545 seats) in the recent elections. However, political parties that have a women-oriented agenda are not […]
Rahul Vatsa- If you have missed tracking the ongoing Lok Sabha election, and on May 12 you are trying to understand how it is going and overall what is the mood of India — just look at Delhi’s seven Lok Sabha seats. Delhi is a smaller version of political India, often called mini India. […]
Partha Chakraborty- Uber and Lyft should be a wake-up call for easy money and the irresponsible investor. Buried in their regulatory filings are facts that highlight the possibility that access to capital may have already been drying for Uber and Lyft. Uber and Lyft changed our perception of “personal mobility”. For me […]
Partha Chakraborty- Abundance of good news hides risks to US prosperity Well-heeled audience, alums of an elite Northeast college, chuckled inside a well-appointed, if deliberately understated, drawing room at an upscale conclave in Los Angeles. Object of their derision was another educational institution closer to the venue, almost stone’s throw from where they were. […]
Justice Markandey Katju- May 11 is celebrated in India as National Technology Day, for on this day in 1998 India exploded its atomic bomb in Pokhran, Rajasthan. Despite all the fanfare and hoopla, my opinion is that National Technology Day is a stunt and a joke. So, let me explain. Today India […]
Justice Markandey Katju- When I quoted the above Hadees ( statement of Prophet Muhammad ) somewhere I was Immediately attacked by some Muslims who obviously regard themselves as repositories of all Islamic knowledge, and who said the hadees was fabricated or forged. But this hadees has wide circulation throughout the Muslim world, and […]
IANS- Even as India and its security apparatus grapple with the imponderables that emerge constantly with Pakistan’s proxy war in Kashmir Valley, the death by a thousand cuts asymmetrical warfare takes its toll on our forces continuously. The rapid use of the dark web and the onion router (TOR which provides anonymity) to subliminally indoctrinate […]
Justice Markandey Katju – I have never visited Pakistan. I always wanted to visit it, as I have heard so much about the beautiful places there. I would like to visit Lahore, where my revered grandfather Dr. KN Katju, went around 1900 as a student, and I would like to go to Rang Mahal High […]
