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 residing in the hands of an elite minority than in…
Can inequality get any worse?
President’s Blog The real underlying reason for the increasing inequality in the present system is the total marginalisation of people from political power. Source of image: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthelogicalindian.com%2Fnews%2Foxfam-income-inequality-report-19361&psig=AOvVaw2po4YMM-3emmPd_iVONUXY&ust=1634301932881000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCMDb5cf3yfMCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD Recently, industrialist Gautam…
Custodial torture and police atrocities should end!
President’s Blog Abstract The Chief Justice of India recently pointed out that the more egregious violations of human rights and torture takes place in Police Stations. In this editorial we…
Trusteeship: An assessment on the 30th anniversary of the MMS budget
The concept of ‘trusteeship’ that Mr Manmohan Singh reiterated 30 years ago when he presented the reforms budget of 1991, needs to re-assessed. President’s Blog Photo source: https://www.sundaytimes.lk/100613/Columns/eco.html When the…
A critique on the speech delivered on ‘Rule of Law’ by the CJI
The Rule of Law is an Eurocentric concept that was used by the rising commercial and industrial interests from the 17th century onwards to seize sovereign power from the aristocracy.…
Experts cannot exorcise Tamilnadu’s economy out of its crisis
Will the expert group appointed by the Tamilnadu government be able to solve the acute rich-poor divide in the state? Photo caption: File photo of Royal Enfield workers strike Photo…
Arbitrary arrests by the authority cannot be allowed to continue!
In the current political process, there are no mechanisms for the people to challenge the arbitrary arrests under legislation such as the Sedition law and UAPA. Photo: Protests against CAA…
Celebrating 150 years of the Paris Commune
Although from an earlier era, the lessons of the Paris Commune are important for peoples of the world today who are labouring under an anachronistic representative democratic system. Image caption:…
TN elections – have the EC and the High Court upheld the well-being of the people?
The observations of the HC and the apparent inability of the ECI to fulfil its responsibility during the conduct of elections in a free and fair manner without endangering the…
In Tamil Nadu, It Isn’t Just the BJP Which Struggles With the Core Values of Tamil Identity
In the poll-bound state of Tamil Nadu, none of the political fronts have tried to seriously address the core values of the Tamil identity, as political expediency has been on…