Subsequent governments have degraded the constitutional position. It’s time we stop the humiliation. Imagine you are holding what you think is a reasonably respectable job. You get a notification from the authorities that: * You will not leave your state without prior permission. * Even “in emergent or extraordinary circumstances” when you have to leave your […]
Author: Prof. Jagdeep Chhokar
Modi is wrong when he claims the political class has opened itself to scrutiny
All major parties regally ignore the Chief Information Commission’s ruling that they can be questioned under the RTI Act. Claiming to be fortunate to belong to a “community that is under constant scrutiny”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a joint conference of chief ministers of states and chief justices of high courts on Sunday that […]
नतीजों का निष्कर्ष निकालना जल्दबाज़ी
इसे स्वच्छ राजनीती की शुरुआत माना जाए या नहीं, यह इस पर निर्भर करेगा की पांच सालों में सत्ताधारी दल का प्रदर्शन कैसा रहेगा? यदि वह लोगों की अपेक्षाओं पर खरे उतरते हैं तो इसे स्वच्छ राजनीति का आरंभ माना जा सकता है. अंग्रेजी रूपांतरण: Too hasty to interpret the results of the election Jagdeep […]
बहुत बड़ा है चुनावी चंदे का खेल
देश की तकरीबन सभी राजनीतिक पार्टियाँ चुनावी चंदे के कार-व्यापार को पारदर्शी बनाने का हर मुमकिन विरोध करती रही हैं.
दलों को पारदर्शिता से परहेज़ क्यों?
Political Parties Get It All Wrong On Right To Information
The very folks who gave us RTI Act are screaming blue murder as political parties are brought under the transparency regime. Their apprehensions are misplaced and arguments misinformed. June 3, 2013 turned out to be very similar to July 8, 2002. How and why? On June 3, 2013, the central information commission (CIC) announced a […]
Whom Should I Vote For?
Elections are on us. We are all involved in the hustle and bustle of the election. While all political parties are in high gear convincing, even enticing voters to vote for them, the major question that is asked most often by voters is: Whom do I vote for? Actually it is not correct for any […]
Secularism Can Be Achieved
Sharad Bailur’s ‘In Defence of Assertive Secularism’ and Seema Chishti’s ‘The Shoaib effect and Indian Muslims’ have a common thread: the intersection of religion, secularism and politics.
