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Freedom of Speech and Archaic Law on Sedition
Dr M N Buch (late)

The Chambers Twenty-first Century Dictionary defines sedition in the following words: “Public speech, writing or action encouraging public disorder, especially rebellion against the government “. The word itself comes from the Latin word sedit....

September 17, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Police - Law and Order
A Relook at the Three Pillars of the State: Wisdom by Hindsight
Dr M N Buch (late)

Of the three pillars of the State, the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary the task of the Executive is perhaps the most arduous. The Legislature is answerable only to itself and to the electorate. The Legislature can make and break a gover....

September 11, 2012 Governance and Political Studies
The Justice System and the Secular State
Dr M N Buch (late)

Gujarat has been touted around as a State steeped in communalism, with a government which is right wing, extremist Hindu, anti Muslim and totally communal in outlook. The Congress, on the other hand, projects itself as the party which is secular, pro....

September 04, 2012 Governance and Political Studies
India’s Health Infrastructure and Policies Need a Revamp
Dr M N Buch (late)

The Constitution of India, whose framers deserve great credit for the manner in which they have prescribed the duties of the State and laid down Directive Principles of how the State shall conduct itself, states in Article 47, “Duty of the State to....

August 16, 2012 Governance and Political Studies
Has the Political Class Failed Us?
Dr A Surya Prakash

The end of `Operation Jantar Mantar’ by Team Anna without any tangible gains vis-à-vis the fight against corruption and the indications from within government that the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 may not come up for debate until the Winter Se....

August 13, 2012 Governance and Political Studies
The Emperor’s Frayed Clothes
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

One important chapter of the Anna movement has ended; a new one is set to begin. Time, perhaps, to pause and take stock of what went wrong, why the promise of August fizzled by December 2011. The principal failure – for failure is what we are seein....

August 10, 2012 Governance and Political Studies
The Complex Art of Political Organisation
Dr M N Buch (late)

The science and business of government is what politics is all about. In fact the dictionary meaning of politics is “The science or business of government; moves and manoeuvres concerned with the acquisition of power”. Politics is played by polit....

August 08, 2012 Governance and Political Studies
India’s Political Class Lacks Ideology
Dr M N Buch (late)

The Preamble to the Indian Constitution rules out any form of government of India other than democratic because it constitutes India into a sovereign socialist secular democratic republic. Part V of the Constitution trifurcates the State into three e....

August 06, 2012 Governance and Political Studies
Man and Environment in India: Past Traditions and Present Challenges
Dr Anirban Ganguly

Civilisation has been at times described as a ‘type of relationship.’ In his classic ‘Civilisations: culture, ambition and the transformation of nature’, historian and scholar of civilisations Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, chose to look at....

July 26, 2012 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies
Religion Based Reservation is Anti-Constitution - II
Dr Makkhan Lal, Distinguished Fellow, VIF (2015 - 2017)

Among the political parties, who treat Muslims as a vote-bank, the clamour for the reservations for Muslims is increasing every day. Every time elections, be it of a State Assembly or the Parliament, approach the pitch for reservation for Muslims in....

July 26, 2012 Governance and Political Studies
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