Taking up ten forgotten cases, a writer explains how the judiciary in India has at times been ‘more executive-minded than the executive’ [Book Review first published in The Hindu ] At a time when faith in the independence of the judiciary in India has diminished, Chintan Chandrachud provides us with a historical perspective on theContinue reading “A divided bench”
Monthly Archives: May 2020
Eavesdropping
The sparrows twitter; A private conversation is on. The crows eavesdrop. © Vidya Venkat (2007) [This haiku was first published in DNA newspaper’s poetry page in 2007.]
Pining
A Sarus in separation pines for its mate in vain. And then, the torment of the rain… © Vidya Venkat (2020)
Testament of a hopelessly hopeful dreamer
I have left those paths behind. Those paths redolent of dreamy mornings When a half-awakened consciousness precluded hope. There were times when I turned to them, To where once a story that had begun in innocence Was sheathed in autumn leaves and slowly frozen to death. On one of those early mornings WhenContinue reading “Testament of a hopelessly hopeful dreamer”
An anthropologist among the journalists 