“arun shourie”

With 99 per sent of legislators getting elected by a minority of electors; with scores of them getting elected on 15-20 per cent of the votes cast – that is, by 7-10 per cent of the population , how representative is our parliamentary system not induce political parties to go on splintering our pe... More

Administration degenerates into notings on files/regulations, entangle regulations/ institutions, set up to solve problems, become problems/ even matters that endanger national security lose their way in courts, get buried in files/ enterprises become havens of patronage, slovenliness/ a public sect... More

Arun Shourie's writtings in The Indian Express packed with evidence, uncompromising, prophetic - on the issues that are consuming the country today: evaporation of governance and what it spells for internal security; developments in Pakistan, the breathing time they give us; what the achievements of... More

On what assumptions was Panditji confident that China would not invade Tibet? What happened, and what did he do when those assumptions proved disastrously wrong? On what grounds did he then convince himself that the usurpation of Tibet would not harm India's security? Why and on what reasoning... More

Ayodhya / Babri Mosque / Islam and Iconoclasm / Rushdie / Freedom of Speech / The Versed Themselves / Jinnah / Sir Syed Ahmed Khan / Terrorism / Kashmir / Article 370 / Punjab / Incitement / Appeasement / Restoring Dialogue / Jamia Milia Islamia / 'Rushdie The Second' / Bible / Literal Interrancy / ... More

The reader will find these articles rewarding reading, for they are written in an attractive style for the readers of journalism. As they are not written for lawyers, they give a broad view of the leading majority judgement without a detailed legal analysis appropriate to a text book.Arun Shourie is... More

For instilling nationalism/ fighting terrorism/ stemming infiltration/ preventing misuse of "freedom of religion", of "minority institutions"/ enacting a comon civil code/ abolishing Article 370/ improving Hindu-Muslim relations/ restoring truth, fairness to public discourse/ a specific, closely rea... More

Why women are "The greatest affliction", "Majority in hell"/ The powers a husband has over his wives/ Why believers must put on non-believers down, why they must put them them out/ Why slaughtering cows is "A great Islamic Act" even though the Quran does not even mention it/ From the ideology of sep... More

How is it that what was explicity forbidden by the Constitution- classification based on cast – has become the rule? How is it that what were enabling provision have become mandatory minima ? Where does the figure 50 per cent come from ? How is that in practice it is exceeded blatantly ? Are the b... More