By Justice Markandey Katju The covid pandemic started in India around January 2020, and a nationwide lockdown was imposed by the Prime Minister on 24th March 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lockdown_in_India Following this, tens of millions of migrant…
By Justice Markandey Katju One often comes across appeals to the public on Twitter etc for financial help from publications claiming to represent a rare phenomenon nowadays in India–the ‘free’ media. One such publication which…
By Justice Markandey Katju Upto 1857 Hindus and Muslims used to celebrate each other’s festivals e.g. Holi, Diwali, Eid etc together. But in 1857 the great Mutiny broke out, in which Hindus and Muslims jointly…
Commemorating 164th anniversary of India’s First War of Independence 1857 Now it is almost 170 years that people of this country; men, women, children belonging to all religions, regions and strata rose in…
By Justice Markandey Katju Eid in most parts of India is either on Thursday, 13th May, or on Friday, 14th May, depending on the visibility of the moon. I was a lawyer in Allahabad High…
The dance of death continues and it is extremely difficult to see people dying in pain without any dignity given to them even in death. Will India ever remember this holocaust which has not yet…
By Justice Markandey Katju There is a Sanskrit shloka : जानामि नागेश तव प्रभावम् कण्ठस्थितः गर्जसि शंकरस्य स्थानम् प्रधानम् न च बलम प्रधानम् द्वारस्थितः कोअपि न सिंघः “Jaanaami Nagesh tava prabhaavam Kanthasthitah garjasi Shankarasya Sthaanam…
By Justice Markandey Katju There is a Sanskrit shloka : जानामि नागेश तव प्रभावम् कण्ठस्थितः गर्जसि शंकरस्य स्थानम् प्रधानम् न च बलम प्रधानम् द्वारस्थितः कोअपि न सिंघः “Jaanami Nagesh tava prabhaavam Kanthasthitah garjasi Shankarasya Sthaanam…
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat The results of five assembly elections are out. There was a lot at stake particularly for the ruling dispensation of RSS which made every effort to dislodge the West Bengal’s Trinamool…
By Justice Markandey Katju After MK Stalin took over as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, he has signed five orders They are : 1. Announcement of corona assistance of Rs 4000 per family. As a…
By Justice Markandey Katju Soon after the huge TMC victory in the recent West Bengal elections violence is taking place in several parts of the state. How does one explain this ? I will venture…
By Justice Markandey Katju Tomorrow, 7th May, is the last Friday of the Holy Month of Ramzan. I will be keeping roza tomorrow, as I have been keeping for the last about 25 years, out…
The West Bengal elections By Justice Markandey Katju The West Bengal assembly election results have been declared, and most people are praising Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for giving a strong rebuff to the communal propaganda…
By Justice Markandey Katju Many leaders of the Congress Party have telephoned me recently and said they are getting abuses by the public because of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi who are clinging on to the…
By Justice Markandey Katju Since the morning TV channels and the internet have been showing and analysing the election results to the 4 state assemblies ( West Bengal, Assam, Tamilnadu, and Kerala ) and 1…
PUCLDR National Convention on Political Prisoners By Aurobindo Ghose PART I A Poem symptomatic of the Theme of Political Prisoners Let me invert the structure of this article a bit. I have referred to some…
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat A ‘well known’ Hindutva protagonist masquerading as a journalist passed away yesterday resulting in a message of ‘condolences and ‘tribute’ right from the Prime Minister and Home Minister to ‘progressive’ ‘liberals’…
Eminent jurist Soli Sorabjee passed away yesterday of covid. My respect and tributes to the great man. I always like to narrate an anecdote about him. He defended me and my colleagues Ms. Amiya Rao…
Image provided by Justice Katju By Justice Markandey Katju The ‘Land of the Pure’ ( Pakistan ) is becoming ‘curiouser and curiouser’, as Alice would say, and is more and more resembling Wonderland ! Consider…
Currently (April 2021) India is passing through its worst period as Covid19 Phase II is at its peak, with a high rate of infectivity and mortality. The shortage of beds, Oxygen, test facilities and medicines…
