Constitutional Whispers
There are several troubling aspects to the Apex Court’s interventions in the R G Kar case, argues Debarshi Chakraborty.
There are several troubling aspects to the Apex Court’s interventions in the R G Kar case, argues Debarshi Chakraborty.
“Climate catastrophe is hammering health, widening inequalities, harming sustainable development, and rocking the foundations of peace. The vulnerable are hardest hit,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi started giving emphasis on the values and ethos of Sambidhan and since 2015, we have been celebrating Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas) on 26 November to celebrate the adoption of the Constitution of India by the Constituent Assembly.
After nearly 20 months of runaway violence in an Indian state called Manipur, where the writ of the state does not seem to extend beyond the 10-kilometre square of the capital, Imphal, and more than 250 people have been killed, 60,000 rendered homeless, and thousands of houses demolished and erased from the face of the earth, Manipur is back in the news once again.
The recent development of a possible nexus consisting of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and insurgent outfits of Nagaland shows the intensity of the threat not only against the northeast but the entire country.
If you are in the vast country, which is no less than any continent, called the United States of America, you must do New York. New York represents everything that is so American yet not so.
As the calendar flips its pages, the villagers of Bannabagram dust off their festive finery, and the anticipation builds like a crescendo in an ancient raag.
Even in Satyajit Ray’s classic film Charulata, the binoculars are symbolic props.
The car was seized and kept in Lalbazar. Murari Lala got a letter from Lalbazar after a week, along with a cheque for Rs 220. The police authorities admitted the fault of the lady who was driving the car in an inebriated state, and Rs 220 was given to repair the vehicle.
Are the stars of this new-age generation really worthy of such reverence and sycophancy? Those were classic movies, and no films or stars worth the name, whether in Hollywood, Bollywood or Tollywood, measure up to more than one viewership, which, on the contrary, unlike films of the past era, may be viewed any number of times.
