In SC judge Ujjal Bhuyan’s candour beyond the courtroom, some questions for the judiciary

New Delhi: Most weekend memorial lectures by sitting judges pass with little public attention. Not those delivered by Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, who has often used such platforms to candidly critique the judiciary’s role in some of India’s most politically and constitutionally sensitive issues—a rarity in today’s judiciary. The issues and incidents he has spoken about with unusual candour… Read More In SC judge Ujjal Bhuyan’s candour beyond the courtroom, some questions for the judiciary

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Here’s why India’s cockroach protests were such a success – and why the Mamdani effect means more to come

 Pralhad Joshi, the man who has replaced Pradhan as education minister, is not an improvement. Like Pradhan he is a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP’s far-right parent body. He publicly defended the premature release in 2022 of 11 men convicted for rape in the notorious Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. Watch: The reason why… Read More Here’s why India’s cockroach protests were such a success – and why the Mamdani effect means more to come

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The cockroach revolt

Watch: The reason why the RSS wants to maintain an iron grip over Indian education: इंडियन एक्सप्रेस ने छापा प्रधान के इस्तीफे की हकीकत RSS क्यों रखना चाहता शिक्षा मंत्रालय अपने अधीन? Gen Zzzz to Gen Zinggg Mitali Saran During one very boring economics class in school, back in the late Pleistocene, a cockroach scuttling… Read More The cockroach revolt

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A Note of Caution for India’s Gen Z movement: The BJP/RSS scheme for a permanent take-over

Watch: The reason why the RSS wants to maintain an iron grip over Indian education: इंडियन एक्सप्रेस ने छापा प्रधान के इस्तीफे की हकीकत RSS क्यों रखना चाहता शिक्षा मंत्रालय अपने अधीन? NB: From a Facebook post by Anikendranath Sen, journalist Gogia Pasha, or his ilk, might well have been the mentor of the BJP.… Read More A Note of Caution for India’s Gen Z movement: The BJP/RSS scheme for a permanent take-over

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A Philosopher’s One-Word Theory to Explain Why the World Feels So Weird

Once you learn what the “uni-context” is, you won’t stop seeing it everywhere Derek Thompson Here are some questions that I consider self-evidently compelling about the modern world: Why is the news media so interested in telling you how much the world sucks all the time? Why are so many of us obsessed with distraction… Read More A Philosopher’s One-Word Theory to Explain Why the World Feels So Weird

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Dawn for democracy

The Cockroach Janta Party won this battle partly because the legions it led seemed armoured with an alloy of innocence and insouciance. This had something to do with how young they were Mukul Kesavan It was the 6th of June. Abhijeet Dipke had set out his stall at Jantar Mantar after returning from Boston. I… Read More Dawn for democracy

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Students are jailed for merely protesting; bail denied even for having biryani on Ganga boat trip: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

NB: RSS ideology combined with an eagerness of communal activists to intimidate citizens on flimsy excuses must not be allowed to gain domination over the juridical sphere. Judges and magistrates who behave as if they are adjuncts of the Sanghi moral police are demeaning themselves; and bringing Indian justice into disrepute. Thanks are due to… Read More Students are jailed for merely protesting; bail denied even for having biryani on Ganga boat trip: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

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जश्न में डूबा जंतर-मंतर, देश भर में ख़ुशी की लहर, वाह जेन ज़ी वाह, कर दिया कमाल / Gen Z जीता, Modi की सबसे बड़ी हार, Dharmendra Pradhan का इस्तीफ़ा

NB: India’s students and their parents, young sympathisers and well wishers deserve congratulations and gratitude from the whole country for confronting this irresponsible, brutal and corrupt government with enormous courage and stamina. They have made a historic contribution to the preservation of Indian democracy by throwing fear and cowardice to the winds. I salute all… Read More जश्न में डूबा जंतर-मंतर, देश भर में ख़ुशी की लहर, वाह जेन ज़ी वाह, कर दिया कमाल / Gen Z जीता, Modi की सबसे बड़ी हार, Dharmendra Pradhan का इस्तीफ़ा

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The media missed the biggest story: How a generation fed on consumerism and hate found its voice

NB: Listen to Arvind Anjum’s interviews with the new arrivals at the protest site. Pakistani youth express their admiration and solidarity with struggling Indian students: BBC report. DS The protest has convincingly established not just the irrelevance of legacy TV channels but also their continued abandonment of basic journalistic norms Kalpana Sharma There were broken… Read More The media missed the biggest story: How a generation fed on consumerism and hate found its voice

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