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18 Apr 2010
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| Editorial: Insulting Hindus Again |
Editorial: Insulting Hindus Again
The Editorial Team
Dragging the name of Radha and Krishna by the judges of Supreme Court for its justification on live-in relationship and pre-marital sex is not only unwarranted but also uncalled for. It reflects not only the insensitive and intolerant era in judiciary but also poor understanding of Indian tradition and culture. It is natural to expect from the highest court of the land that its verdict respects the sensibilities of a plural and diversified society that India is, however, in n...
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| The 27 Year War, PartIII |
The 27 Year War, PartIII
Kedar
To Aurangzeb, the Marathas seemed all but dead by end of 1689. But this would prove to be almost a fatal blunder. In March 1990, the Maratha commanders, under the leadership of Santaji Ghorpade launched the single most daring attack on mughal army. They not only attacked the army, but sacked the tent where the Aurangzeb himself slept. Luckily Aurangzeb was elsewhere but his private force and many of his bodyguards were killed. This positive development was followed by a negative one for M...
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| The Case Against Thy Lordships |
The Case Against Thy Lordships
 Rajiv Varma
Late March of 2010, a special three-judge bench comprising of Chief Justice of India K. G. Balakrishnan and Justices Deepak Verma and B.S. Chauhan observed that for a man and a woman in love, to live together be part of the right to life, and not a "criminal offence". The case was related to a Tamil actress who had filed a batch of petitions to quash 22 FIRs filed against her by Tamil activist groups and forums for her alleged comments on pre-marital sex in interviews ...
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| Bodhisattva Dr. BR Ambedkar | Bodhisattva Dr. BR Ambedkar
 Dr. Shiv Shakti
The country has celebrated 119th birth anniversary of Dr. Babasahed Bhimrao Ambedkar on 14 April 2010. Babasaheb is remembered as chief architect of the Indian constitution, a social revolutionary and a Dalit thinker. While the country feels indebted for his immense contributions in the nation building process, many other aspects of his multifaceted personality remains yet to be explored. In the process it may not be completely denied that his image is stereotyped around certain...
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| India Back on Pre-Civilisation Path? | India Back on Pre-Civilisation Path?
Amba Charan Vashishth
In the course of time, the human beings evolved themselves into a family and civilisation advanced. Man's faculties to think developed and paved the way for the institution of marriage and family which recognised someone as wife and husband and their children. Sexual relations beyond marriage gradually were forbidden. The institution of family paved the way for the evolution of the institution of society which framed its own rules, ethics, morals and traditions. The collec...
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