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Politics of Violence

Th politics of violence was the easiest in the times of the kings and the feudal lords. The politics of violence is very easy to understand: Whoever has more power than others can and does use his resources illegally and/or immorally to frighten the logical side of the weak. The violence, therefore, need not necessarily be physical. It can take any form which can have the effect of frightening the…


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Slutwalk in Delhi Is Fine

To be very frank, I didn’t have any intention of forming any opinion on this issue. Like many others, I believed that the use of phrase “Slutwalk” is some kind of promotion of prostitutes and prostitution, projecting them as an important and integral part of society not to be relegated to an inferior position. However, a little research tells me that the concept of “Slutwalk” got introduced as a result…


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Indian Politics in Reference Anna Hazaare

Anna Hazaare is the most dangerous thing to have happened to Indian politics. He is a fake copy of Gandhi. I pity those people who become brands because they have no life of their own and are nothing more than just commodities. A human brand in politics is the worst. The brand Gandhi was managed by the Congress, who seem to have abandoned it now. And the Sangh Parivar seems…


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Scope for the Left in India: Indo-Anarchism

Recent debacle of the “left” in WB is politically very significant. The victory of Mamta Banerjee is reinforcement of the fact that voting in India is irrelevant as far as rational decision-making is concerned. This makes me partially believe in the allegations of Mamta Banerjee that the elections in the past were rigged in WB because I don’t see any reason for the newer generation of WB to be having…


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Binayak Sen Judgment: A Critique

At the outset, let me state that the judgment delivered in the Binayak Sen’s case is exceptionally bad. A full book can be written on it. However, I will discuss the most important angle of section 120B IPC; i.e., the criminal conspiracy held to be proved against Binayak Sen. He has been held guilty under section 124A IPC read with Sec 120B IPC for conspiring with Narayan Sanyal and Pijush…


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Aruna Shanbaug Judgment Analysis

Para 1 The Supreme Court has apparently decided this case under its writ jurisdiction u/a. 32 of the Indian Constitution in a Criminal Writ Petition filed before it. The criminal law in India is very clear: Any act (which includes omission) done with the knowledge that the act would cause death of a person amounts to culpable homicide/murder; and, by implication, any person doing any such act (omission) unto himself…


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Reasons for High Inflation

Various reasons have been offered for high inflation in India. Let me take up each of them and demolish it. Recession It is being said that the inflation in India is the direct result of the Global Recession, which is false. The inflation in India is linked to high food prices. The food prices in the USA have been falling as a result of the Global Recession; the USA is…