It is not often that the law takes its course in India. Even if it does, it is so painfully slow that justice delayed becomes justice denied. But today we have a case where the law has not just taken its due course but has acted in godspeed.
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If the entire world is a stage, as a wise bard put it, then our beloved TN with its unique reputation as a theatre of rational absurdities would easily upstage it. I mean, no other place on this good Earth, can hold a candle to this State, wherein celluloid is the life, breath and soul
If the world rotates and revolves, so too should history. Indeed, ‘history repeats’ may be the most abused of cliches, but the unfolding history of the world, though in many ways an encore of sorts, departs from the familiar textbook script in one important aspect: Reversal of roles. Call it ‘Reverse Colonialism’ or ‘Inverted Imperialism’
Among the major democracies of the world, the concept of an independent civil service is unique to India. Though the policies and programmes are set by the party in power, their implementation according to the rules is vested wholly with the bureaucracy.
When India committed itself to a secular dispensation, by a combination of constitutional dictum and political rhetoric, the understanding that the well-meaning majority imbibed was this: that those who followed other faiths are free to do so.
In TN, Periyar is a touchy topic. One is supposed to touch upon the subject only in reverential tones, while even the slightest touch of a critique of him automatically evokes wild reactions. The long departed leader himself might have advocated rationalism as the touchstone of his ideology
‘Your call cannot be completed, because the subscriber has been bombed or kidnapped’: This is a popular mobile phone message in Baghdad, according to Time magazine. The black humour notwithstanding, it is indeed a telling reality check of the situation obtaining in that cursed city, which many believe
In tune with our democratic traditions, one more high sensitive report, prepared by one more inquiry commission, appointed to investigate one more scam got ‘tabled’ in the media first, before being ‘leaked’ to Parliament.
The dictionary defines a ‘populist’ as ‘a politician who wants to appeal to or represent the interests and views of ordinary people’. Clearly, the word has a very positive connotation, associated as it is with the aspirations of ordinary folk, ie, aam aadmi, besides being respectful of the one resorting to populism.