There is talk of who will be BJP PM candidate. Narendra Modi is most popular among BJP members. He has his rivals within BJP. L. K. Advani is prominent among them. He tries to undercut Modi by mentioning names of Sushma Swaraj and Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Advani does not have support of RSS. Support from…
Month: April 2013
Bhullar case verdict
On 12/4/2013 Supreme Court delivered its verdict and rejected Devinderpal Singh Bhullar’s petition for commutation of death sentence to life sentence on the ground of delay in deciding mercy petition. The judgment has implication for cases of Rajiv Gandhi assassins, Veerappan gang members, and so on. Maninderjit Singh Bitta was happy at the verdict. He…
Pran gets Phalke Award
On 12/4/2013 came the news that Pran will get Dadasaheb Phalke Award. As per one report some years back Pran was to get the award in 2004. The selection committee had decided to give him the award. Ravi Shankar Prasad, then I&B Minister, overruled them. He told them Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar have got…
Myth of patriarchy
There are women who say India is a patriarchal society. Women who are victims of rape and other sex crimes do not get justice because of men. Policemen are not gender sensitive. For women to get justice there should be women police, women doctors, women judges, and women investigators. Patriarchy is the problem. When women…