Entries from October 2007

October 28, 2007

What’s New About the Tehelka Expose?

Tehelka’s has claimed that it has irrefutable evidence to prove that the killings of Muslims post-Godhra in Gujarat were not spontaneous but a genocide planned and executed by the top functionaries of the sangh parivar and State authorities. The Tehelka footage reminds us of what happened in Feb. 2002. The guilty are still to be [...]

October 26, 2007

Why Is Manmohan Singh So Helpless?

Whenever you see Manmohan Singh, the image of a politician with a difference comes to mind. The image of a leader who is honest beyond doubt- nobody has ever acused him of being a part of a scam financial or otherwise. One who never promoted his family. Then why does he sound so [...]

October 25, 2007

Supreme Court directs but will the Govt bite the bullet?

In response to a petition filed by Seema, a divorced woman, seeking compulsory marriage registrations, the Supreme Court directed all states and union territories to bring in suitable legislation within three months to make registration of marriage compulsory irrespective of religion. The woman’s former husband had refused to pay her alimony claiming that they were [...]