Cooperation Ministry or cocooning cooperatives?

July 15, 2021

In 2005 when our research team from the Governance Knowledge Centre of the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, JNU was evaluating DARPG (Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances) selected best governance practices, Modi’s market cooperatives of Gujarat turned out to be a strong initiative to protect...

Criminal justice system needs a revisit post-Stan Swamy

July 8, 2021

As lawyer Mihir Desai was arguing on the bail application of Stan Swamy lying on ventilator support in the Holy Family Hospital, news came in that he was no more. This frail, old priest succumbed to cardiac arrest caused by pulmonary infection, Parkinson’s disease and post-Covid-19 complications. The jail authorities...

Toolkit on how to kill a university

July 3, 2021

It becomes a call of conscience to prevent entropy of our cherished workplaces as most of us may not be born King Nero who fiddled as Rome burned. This column comes at the face of an arbitrary order to supersede three senior professors and make way for a down in...

Policy implementation and political expediency in Covid times

June 24, 2021

Governance in Covid-19 times has shown that implementation is the toughest task for any government. Those who violate laws with impunity, escalate both the costs and hazards of policy implementation? State machinery in most situations is not robust enough to prevent it whether it’s Nizamuddin Markaz or the Kumbh Mela,...

World needs more ‘no-meat’ days

June 17, 2021

On reading my friend’s latest article in a leading national newspaper, ‘Food Choice in Crisis: Forced Vegetarianism in Gurugram’, I felt a bit sympathetic towards people demanding access to whatever they wish to eat. The argument given against a Tuesday ban on meat supply to markets was that a religious...

Analysing law, ethics and mischiefs of politics

June 10, 2021

Politics has been currently moving at an unstoppable speed, leaving most citizens behind. The sudden announcement on demonetisation and then replacement of a mighty Planning Commission with a naïve cousin Niti Aayog, now appear to be a bit interwoven activity. Nonetheless, these decisions were the gravest shocks on the journey...

WAR AND THE SCORCHED PLANET EARTH

June 3, 2021

The Environment Day arrives again on 5 June bringing increased sensitivity and heightened anxiety on continuing failure of the state in preventing environmental crimes such as pollution, deforestation, mining and poaching of wild animals. One would ritually attend a number of colloquiums and seminars discussing ineffective laws and leadership in...

IS LAW ENOUGH TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT?

May 27, 2021

The demise of Sundarlal Bahuguna marks the passing away of a generation that could uproot what it felt was harming the environment, like a mother protecting her child. For them, it was unethical to ask questions about the quantum of harm not because they had any intentions of being anti-development...

HOW SERIOUS ARE WE ABOUT CONSERVING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY?

May 21, 2021

This 22 May, we will observe the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) again. Twenty years ago, the United Nations had decided to dedicate this day to increasing awareness about the millions of plant and animal communities living with us on planet earth and providing food, life and immunity to...

GNCTD AMENDMENT ACT: THE CHALLENGES OF GOVERNING DELHI

May 13, 2021

Governing Delhi has always been a challenge. Even during the late Sheila Dikshit’s regime, when both the state and Centre were ruled by the same party, there were immensely sensitive fences for the Chief Minister to walk upon and get her work done. The coming of Arvind Kejriwal and Narendra...

Amita Singh

Cooperation Ministry or cocooning cooperatives?

Criminal justice system needs a revisit post-Stan Swamy

Toolkit on how to kill a university

Policy implementation and political expediency in Covid times

World needs more ‘no-meat’ days

Analysing law, ethics and mischiefs of politics

WAR AND THE SCORCHED PLANET EARTH

IS LAW ENOUGH TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT?

HOW SERIOUS ARE WE ABOUT CONSERVING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY?

GNCTD AMENDMENT ACT: THE CHALLENGES OF GOVERNING DELHI

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