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POLITICS
| 6-minute read
Make no mistake. India needs to step up and abolish death penalty
World's largest democracy remains firmly in the company of a minority of countries that swear by medieval practices.
ART & CULTURE
| 4-minute read
How I tricked Yakub Memon and his family to return to India
[Book excerpt] Former Delhi Police commissioner on planning the 'escape' of the 1992-93 Mumbai serial blasts convict's kin from Dubai.
Emergency is long over Mr Modi, don't impose a new one
The PM’s critics are happiest as the government tries to shoot the messenger, living up to the notion that he is intolerant of dissent.
POLITICS
| 16-minute read
Why death penalty debates never end
My heart says capital punishment should be abolished. But my head is still not convinced.
How rise of Hindutva in Bombay led to the making of Yakub Memon
The 1993 Mumbai blast accused was a product of the times he was born and brought up in.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
How India is confusing serving justice with revenge
The sooner we learn that violence can never be part of any solution, the safer we are.
How Yakub Memon became the poster boy against death penalty
The bald claim by some that the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts accused was innocent is meaningless.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
How to answer the moral question that follows death penalty
While state may attempt reformation of convicts, it also bears the burden of responsibility for the potential criminality of those who are released.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
Why it's time to move beyond astrology, Bollywood and cricket
Media highlights trivia, ignores the real issues.
POLITICS
| 12-minute read
