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Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

Habeas corpus law: A sorry decline

The Supreme Court has flouted the centuries-old established law on habeas corpus by the manner in which it has handled the recent cases under this wri

Babri Masjid revisited

In his latest book, a former Union Home Secretary analyses the blame game in the Ayodhya dispute over the years and shows how major institutions of go

Jawaharlal Nehru with Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Bogra. Even in August 1953, Nehru agreed with Bogra that “the Kashmir dispute... should be settled in accordance with the wishes of the people of the State”.

Kashmir dispute: Domestic or world issue?

The Kashmir dispute was internationalised quite early in its history and has never been a purely domestic issue, apart from the fact that the Valley c

After a Saudi-led air strike hit a food factory in Sanaa in Yemen. A file photograph.

Courts & politics

A recent judgment by an English court against British arms exports to Saudi Arabia on the grounds that the government had not assessed the risk of the

Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at Parliament carrying copy of a confidential document that lists out the procedure for revoking Kashmir’s special status, on August 5.

Amit Shah’s ‘history’

The Sangh Parivar’s pathological hatred for Nehru drives it to distort his record. If Kashmir is a part of India, it is almost entirely because of Neh

The first protests in Kashmir against the revoking of its special status started on August 9. In this photograph, protesters braving tear gas and firing in the air by security personnel in Srinagar.

Kashmir: Murder of insaniyat

The amendment of the provisions of Article 370 is constitutionally invalid; it flies in the face of pledges made by India to the Kashmiri people and t

October 22, 1973: U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (left) and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko with Helmut Sonnenfeldt behind them at the airport in Moscow after talks on the Arab-Israeli conflict that took place that year.

Who was Kissinger’s Kissinger?

Henry Kissinger and Helmut Sonnenfeldt, his Counsellor in the U.S. State Department, had a love-hate relationship: they disliked each other as much as

Physician par excellence

This book helps in preparing its reader to face death calmly even as it instructs him in the history of medicine and the joys of music.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking in the Lok Sabha on June 25.

India's fascist challenge

If the masses are aroused, they will be better prepared to face Modi’s onslaughts on democracy, fundamental rights and the rights, specifically, of th

Secrets held in archives

A collection of documents that throw light on how Indian leaders contrived to keep Kashmir in India.

Ambedkar Park in Lucknow, with statues of elephants, the BSP symbol.

Whose money is it anyway?

Enormous sums spent on statues constitute waste of public money in a country where poverty is rampant. It is a sheer waste of taxpayers’ money, and it

Houseboats on the Jhelum in Srinagar, a 1953 picture. Said Nehru in 1952: 'Although most of their rights were taken away from the Maharaja under the British rule, the Maharaja stuck to this that nobody from outside should acquire land there [in Kashmir]. And that continues.'

What Article 35A implies

Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy is guaranteed by Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. Its people’s ancient rights are guaranteed by Article 35A, which