Guest Author - December 27, 2020
BJP is moving towards a presidential form of government which will not be a federal structure. Every state sooner or later will have DDC without any body or forum above them. This way you will have district assemblies at state level and a strong centre and there will be only bureaucracy that will connect these district bodies with the Centre
Guest Author - December 26, 2020
Despite the intensive people to people contacts, impressive advances of the Indian diaspora in the British politics and businesses and substantive commercial relations, Delhi and London could not find that political trick which could rewrite their bilateral relations.
Gowhar Geelani - December 25, 2020
The two key PAGD leaders must keep in mind that the section of the population that believes in making a political point by participating in the electoral process has given them another chance; a lifeline. This section has participated in the elections to make a political statement that it rejects the August 5, 2019 decisions.
Riyaz Wani - December 24, 2020
What does the future have in store? The probability is that it will be more of the same. At least, as long as the BJP is in power. But even if the BJP loses power in future, the Article 370 move remains a fait accompli. And if a large number of outsiders acquire citizenship and buy the land, as the new legal regime has made possible, J&K will be a different place a few years down the line
Guest Author - December 23, 2020
The ordinance law in the first place owes its existence to a hypothetical and bogus term of ‘Love-Jihad’. As the Government of India, as such, nowhere recognizes the notion of Love-Jihad, bringing a law against such a fictional notion, prima facie reflects the oblivious and dogmatic attitude of the State government
Guest Author - December 22, 2020
Government officials are not worried about RTI implementation as the nerve center of this law in J&K was shut down post abrogation of Article 370. By the “nerve center” I mean the J&K State Information Commission (SIC) which was constituted under J&K RTI Act 2009. The JK SIC was shut down when J&K RTI Act 2009 was repealed
Guest Author - December 21, 2020
The two events, though separated by thousands of miles, had quite a few similarities between them. Both were spontaneous actions, with no pre-planning and with no idea about the result of their actions. Yet, both were able to involve a large number of people and were able to influence the future actions of the governed and the government.
Guest Author - December 18, 2020
Some large and powerful states around the globe also used this opportunity to further “discipline” their citizens, awarding their forces and governments with arbitrary powers, while nothing serious was being done to uplift the standards of healthcare.
Guest Author - December 16, 2020
The reason why the farmers’ protests have gained so much traction is because the farmers and their sympathizers are convinced that the government’s ulterior motive in introducing the new farm laws, which it calls farm reforms, is to favour the Ambanis and Adanis.
Guest Author - December 15, 2020
When neither village nor sub division or district level Forest Rights Committees (FRC) are constituted in Jammu & Kashmir , how did the Forest Department initiate eviction proceedings by issuing notices to forest dwellers and axing their apple trees?