I want to know…I want to know what the government is doing. I want to know where is the money acquired from taxes used ? I want to know that why the roads in front my house have not been repaired? Why did the flyover collapse? On what basis is the reservation policy being extended year after year? What schemes has the government implemented for the farmers of vidharba? How many people from the slums have been rehabilitated? ..
June 17th, 2011
India is a democratic country. It is one of the few countries which has given numerous rights to its citizens…but alas! We don’t use them. It is our responsibility to make use of these rights such that they benefit us. One cannot go around blaming the government if we ourselves don’t reap the benefits of these provisions which our Constitution guarantees us. Take for instance the Right to Information Act -how many of us ..
May 3rd, 2011
The Perfect Hostage
"It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it."
“Freedom from fear”
Aung San Suu Kyi
Poised and dignified, her moral authority has ensured the silent but unwavering support of her people, for whom she remains a sym..
January 28th, 2011
The long awaited legal battle which kept everyone in complete dilemma and suspense which clashed with release of the heavy budget “ROBOT”. The much disputed land was finally not dropped in one’s arena; it was wisely divided in one of the judiciary’s wisest decisions and smartest moves. A pure genius, in order to contain the peace in fellow countrymen.
The majority verdict of the Allahabad High Court on the Ram Janma..
December 20th, 2010
And the entire nation sips the water of the abused justice from the chalice poisoned by the Indian Government. When we only aspire to Americanize ourselves, do we even have an inkling that the contrast in our legal procedure just could not get more damning? After the recent court verdict on the world’s worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, which was universally declared as both justice delayed..
October 5th, 2010
Gideon vs. Wainwright,the Supreme Court case decided in 1963, changed the criminal law landscape forever when indigent citizens were given the right to counsel in criminal cases. Justice Black, who wrote the opinion for Gideon, recognized that "lawyers in criminal courts are necessities, not luxuries." As a result, if you are poor and commit a crime in which ..
June 14th, 2010
Imagine just having survived one of the most devastating natural disasters to hit the U.S., possibly, one of the most traumatic experiences of your life. You’re trying to get your mind around what just happened and figure out your next move for basic survival, and BAM! you are hit with a shotgun blast and as you fade into darkness the last voice you hear is a stranger screaming racial epithets. Now heaping insult upo..
May 21st, 2010
In 1860, Mr Tipping purchased land in Lancaster, and in September of the same year, a smelting company was started a mile and a half from his premises. The noxious fumes from this company injured the trees and shrubs in the premises of Mr Tipping and rendered his cattle unhealthy, whereby he was unable to use his land in a beneficial manner. So Mr Tipping took the case to the Court and it was held, in what is more commonly kno..
April 22nd, 2010
In a free, democratic society, each of us has a right to breathe pollution free air, a right to move around freely, a right to privacy, a right to adequate shelter, a right to livelihood. But have we ever stopped to wonder what it is that guarantees us these rights? From having the right to legal aid, to the right to a speedy trial; from the right to food, water and education, to the right to having an appropriate life insuran..
April 2nd, 2010
