Need for a law that ensures command responsibility for communal and sectarian violence
The genocide of Sikhs in 1984 was followed by a familiar pattern of mass killings in Mumbai in 1993, in…
People have no role in the budgeting process
President’s Blog Source of image: https://twitter.com/satishacharya/status/1620621670280237056 After the Finance Minister presented the budget for the financial year 2023-24, the media…
Need for introspection on the 74th Republic Day
President’s Blog On January 26th ceremonious parades will take place in Rajpath, and the might of the Indian army, navy…
The true face of Britain’s Parliamentary Democracy
President’s Blog Neither changing Prime Ministers nor changing ruling parties can save Britain from the ongoing crises. Source of image:…
Was ‘Rule of Law’ meant to be universal?
President’s Blog Image Caption: Activists in New Delhi on August 18 hold placards during a protest against the release of…
The 75th Anniversary of the Transfer of Power and the People of India
President’s Blog Caption: A sailor being arrested in the RIN Mutiny Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/parthian-shot/royal-indian-navy-mutiny-historian-remembers-last-secular-uprising-of-india/ On August 15, 2022, the 75th anniversary…
The Agniveeer and Agnipath Schemes: A Commentary on the (Absence of) the Democratic Process
President’s Blog Has the government consulted the people on the Agnipath Scheme? Source of image: thewatchdog.news In the month of…
Neither Licchavi, Uttaramerur or Westminster, India Needs a Republic That Empowers Its Citizens
We need to think anew about how we can transform the current Indian republic into one where the people can…
Thoughts on the 73rd Republic Day
President’s Blog Seventy two years of the Indian Republic have unequivocally proved that the Westminster model of a republic and…
Issues concerning Indian Democracy
President’s Blog The system of representative democracy and Constitutional principles have not sorted out the contradictions inherent in supreme power…