Justice Markandey Katju- “Water is a gift of nature. Human hand cannot be permitted to convert this bounty into a curse, oppression “– said the Supreme Court in Delhi Water Supply & Sewage Disposal Undertaking vs State of Haryana (1996). But human hands, by omission, if not by commission, have converted it into precisely […]
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Kamala Harris catches the crowd’s imagination
Ritu Jha – A hovering helicopter chop-chopped over a 20,000 strong crowd, but could not drum out the plaintive strains of Alicia Key’s “Girl on Fire,” which could be heard half a mile away. Restaurants were giving discounts and Indians – even those on H-1B visas and so unable to vote – waited over […]