EC has every right to order transfers

Thursday 25 October '07

Its constitutional responsibility to conduct free and fair polls cannot be subjected to judicial scrutiny.

Get the state out of the sacred

Friday 14 September '07

Some weeks ago, the management committee of the Dargah Khawaja Saheb of Ajmer was dissolved by the Centre.

Excess in trying times of terrorism

Tuesday 7 August '07

The police must not be granted any additional power that can potentially subvert fundamental freedoms

The last court of call

Wednesday 18 July '07

Politicians and powerful sections within the legal fraternity have often protested against the so-called ‘judicial activism’ and judgments...

Educating our universities

Thursday 28 June '07

Before setting up new central universities, we need to learn a few lessons from existing ones

Tolerance begins in the classroom

Monday 14 May '07

A secular education that recognises the multi-religious traditions of India needs to be strongly defended

EC doesn’t take things easy

Thursday 12 April '07

We should be grateful to this institution for the due diligence it brings to the conduct of elections

A civilising mission unveiled

Saturday 20 January '07

The campaign against the veil in the West is propelled by an empire building agenda

Debating the deal

Friday 22 December '06

The nuclear debate has revealed that Indian democracy is of, by and for a powerful elite

The Sachar sub-text

Monday 11 December '06

The government and public commentators have completely trivialised the public discourse on the findings of the Sachar Committee.

Caste as basic structure

Saturday 4 November '06

Public discourse in 2006 has centred on the issue of caste-based reservations in educational institutions.

The AIIMS I know

Friday 1 September '06

Health Minister of India Anbumani Ramadoss recently launched a tirade against the management and functioning of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.