When Dhananjoy Chatterjee, a security guard in Kolkata, was sentenced to death for raping and then murdering a 10th standard girl, a whirlwind of opinions for and against the death penalty made many to sit up and ask some tough questions. Was it ethical to hang Dhananjoy? Was there any alternative? Should not Peter Bleach be hanged for dropping arms from an aircraft in Purulia in West Bengal? After all, was he not waging a war against the state? Why was Bleach’s case seen with ma...

Mr. Subramanian Swamy seems more worried about Ramer Sethu than his Janata Party. His arguments before the Supreme Court are illogical and ridiculous. One more alignment is also considerable and acceptable to the persons like Mr. Swamy. The whole debris of Ramer Sethu be respectfully be piled up on the side of the see shore and a huge temple by name Adam’s or Ram’s temple be constructed so that the followers of Mr. Swamy can proceed there and worship.

According to Is...

The much debated Women’s Reservation Bill has once again been tabled in Parliament. Though drafted long back and presented on many occasions in the past its implementation has always been a distant dream. It was former prime minister H D Deve Gowda’s government that had drafted the bill for the first time on September 12, 1996. The National Democratic Alliance government, led by the BJP, later tried to reintroduce the bill in 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2003. However, the UPA governmen...

Apex Court judgement re-installing P Venugopal as AIIMS Director by holding invalid the controversial AIIMS bill passed by the Parliament should make President of India question her government for downgrading Parliament. This trend of misusing post of President and Parliament can be dangerous in time to come, putting freedom and self-respect of a person at mercy of political rulers dancing to tunes of their blackmailing allies.