By Justice Markandey Katju Twitter has been deprived by the Indian Govt of the ‘safe harbour’ in section 79(1) of the Information Technology Act, which means it will now have to face criminal and civil…
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Netanyahu is out A long batting inning is over, and as far as credits are concerned, they are war crimes and corruption for self and for the family, and not for the country or the…
By Justice Markandey Katju The term ‘Aya Ram Gaya Ram’ was coined after Gaya Lal, a member of the Haryana State Assembly in India changed parties thrice within a fortnight after the state assembly elections…
By Justice Markandey Katju I read the article ‘Will Kabul fall to the Taliban’ by Ahmad Faruqui published in nayadaur.tv. https://nayadaur.tv/2021/06/will-kabul-fall-to-the-taliban/ I regret the writer has been somewhat economical with the truth, and has not…
By Justice Markandey Katju Hamid Mir, the prominent Pakistani journalist and senior anchor in Geo TV, forgot one golden rule : if you wish to live safely and with a comfortable job in Pakistan you…
By Justice Markandey Katju I posted the pic of Hanumanji given above on my fb page with the words in the title of this article. I immediately got a lot of comments accusing me of…
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat Two historical things have happened recently which have been passed off as non-entity because it hurt the business interest of the powerful nations. The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution…
As Covid consumes human life in a very conspicuous way we are confronted with the additional problem of disposing off human corpses. Cremation grounds are lit with continuous pyres, graveyards are running out of land…
By Justice Markandey Katju I often call Uttar Pradesh, the biggest state by population in India ( over 200 million ) as Ulta Pradesh ( the upside downstate ), or Alice’s Wonderland. A proof of…
Help needed I am proposing to write an article about the plight of people in India since lockdown was imposed in April 2020, and I need your help in this connection. For instance, I was…
The Muhammad bin Tughlaq of Lakshadweep The Administrator of Lakshadweep, Praful Patel, has made many proposals relating to the Islands. Beef to goonda Act: Lakshadweep Administrator has UT in turmoil What’s happening in Lakshadweep and…
By Justice Markandey Katju I have often said that 90% Indians are fools, whose heads are full of ‘gobar’ ( cow dung ), not brains. I was criticised for saying this, but what else can…
Stop this hypocrisy By Justice Markandey Katju Many people mention ’Vasudhev Kutumbakam’ ( the whole world is my family ) when describing the greatness of Hindu culture. But what to say of the whole world,…
By Justice Markandey Katju Many years back I had said that 90% Indians are fools, full of casteism, communalism and superstitions, whom any Pied Piper of Hamelin type scoundrel could take for a ride http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-90-/934145/…
By Justice Markandey Katju I recently came across this article by a Professor of Physics and Astro Physice in Delhi University: The country is paying for the government’s unscientific attitudes. India had once been the…
By Justice Markandey Katju There was a lawyer in the Allahabad High Court who openly used to say ” Mujhe gundai phali hai ” ( Hooliganism has made me prosper ). He used to threaten,…
Will K K Shailaja be the new Gauri Amma? India’s political culture is deeply disappointing and depressing. Even those who wish to counter the BJP and Hindutva suffer from the same mindset and sometimes worse….
By Justice Markandey Katju I saw the post ‘How can Pakistan be transformed into a normal country ?’ published in nayadaur.tv. In this post there is a discussion between Raza Rumi, Husain Haqqani and Murtaza…
By Justice Markandey Katju For several days the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians has been going on. We in India have seen on YouTube rockets being fired by Hamas, which are often intercepted…
By Justice Markandey Katju Amir Khusro ( 1253-1325 ) can be regarded as the father of the composite Ganga-Jumna tehzeeb ( culture ) of India. I often visit the Dargah of Amir Khusro in Delhi,…
