Life, Leisure, Letters
SC error on defamation: Clash of rights
A statement made by the Supreme Court while upholding the constitutionality of the current criminal defamation law is curious. And...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 21 May 2016, 05:18National film awards: Once upon a time…
It is not the first time that national film awards have been accused of being tilted in favor of ‘commercial...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 04 May 2016, 11:26Chandigarh babus indulge in moral policing
That the powers that be in our country are control freaks is an axiomatic truth. The Chandigarh administration’s policy, ‘Controlling...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 20 Apr 2016, 11:11HC boosts jihad against IPL
The Bombay High Court order on India Premiere League matches is bad. By directing the Board of Control for Cricket...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 14 Apr 2016, 05:15Nihalani is hurting Modi
The French philosopher Voltaire once said, “Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.” Prime...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 11 Apr 2016, 04:09Nationalism sucks
In the wake of JNU-Afzal Guru row and the subsequent events like Waris Pathan’s suspension from the Maharashtra Assembly, it...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 18 Mar 2016, 06:36Money > national interest
Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur has a lot of...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 14 Mar 2016, 08:15Culture of pageantry
The World Culture Festival, organized by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living (AoL) Foundation, may be a good idea,...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Mar 2016, 08:19Unbridled moral policing in Mumbai
The Maharashtra government’s obstinate refusal to grant licences to dance bars has crossed all limits of propriety. The government seems...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 08 Mar 2016, 08:31How Gandhi ensured India’s enslavement
We have been tutored to venerate Gandhi as a great philosopher, as the embodiment of nobility, profundity, and wisdom....
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 02 Oct 2015, 01:15