Bursting the Gulf Malayali’s Bubble
Yesterday, there were two important press conferences in India that dealt with the establishment’s view of the crisis unfolding in Dubai. One was Mr. Anand Sharma’s, where the Commerce and Industry Minister sought to allay fears of its impact on India. Around the same, there was one by Dr. Thomas Isaac, Kerala’s FinMin, who (quite surprisingly) admitted that the Dubai meltdown is going to hit Kerala pretty seriously. Well, I guess the admission may not be so surprising since the sheer influence of expatriate Gulf Malayalis on Kerala’s economic engine is near-sacrosanct.

The Life and Times of ElBaradei
Referring twice to Dick Cheney as “Darth Vader,” ElBaradei told me in an interview that “U.S. policy consisted of two mantras — Iran should not have the knowledge and should not spin one single centrifuge. They kept saying, wait, Iran is not North Korea, it will buckle. That was absolutely a mistake.” Roger Cohen, NYT For over a decade, the man has strode the world of nuclear security and non-proliferation like a Colossus. Before his 12-year career as the IAEA’s honcho ends tomorrow, we take a look at his contributions in turbulent times

Indo-U.S. Relations – A culture of solidarity?
In his op-ed on Foreign Policy, Daniel Twining speaks on the significance of considering the US’ relationship with India as a value-based interaction among the world’s largest and most populous democracies.  He criticizes the Obama Administration for attempting to e

History of the Keshavananda Bharti review
This is the 300th post of this blog and we have come a long way from scratch to be where we are today. The credit to this goes to support received by our readers, classmates and friends in the legal community and each of us authors as such. I couldn’t think of a more fitting post that to tell the readers of Mr. Andhyarujina’s recent article on the Keshavananda Bharti Review. Printed in the latest SCC [(2009) 9 SCC (J) 33], many may not even be able to read this article. I ha

Twitter and the NREGA: A Case for Web 2.0 in India
The screenshot’s from Serve.gov, a U.S State website that encourages community service and volunteer work. Ever since the Obama administration took office at the beginning of the year, the White House has embraced online social interaction, using tools like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to facilitate a two-way flow between Government and civil society. Web 2.0, which is the collective term for new age t