The Trump Era ends, as a Tragedy
It ends with Donald Trump deflated and disgraced, less a personal tragedy than a national disaster. Without social media at his fingertips, the American president appears a silent, brooding sphinx waiting out the last days of his reign. His most vocal followers promise more violence before and after president-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20.
By Kenneth Tiven in the US
“The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy, a total sham and a travesty. We should have a revolution in this country.” That was President Trump’s 2008 tweet about Mitt Romney’s election loss which foreshadowed his own 2020 failure. After two months of futile lies about how the election was rigged, Trump went for the revolution option, encouraging an insurrection with his angriest supporters attacking the US Congress. Within a week, it brought his second impeachment with a losing score of 232 to 197. It marks an ignominious exit into a very different ex
Ties with Sri Lanka: A fine balancing act
As China gains a greater foothold in Lanka, India is cautiously watching if its influence in the region will be hit. Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Colombo was an attempt to mend fences with the neighbour.
By Col R Hariharan
Last year, 2020, may well end up as a landmark one, not only because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but due to the running feud between the US and China that set many prairie fires in global politics. Sadly, even though it was the 75th year of the founding of the United Nations, it will be one of its most forgettable years for non-performance, when most international institutions were reduced to debating societies.
India: Democracy or Mobocracy?
As protests subsume India, the above question is being increasingly asked. While we are a democracy, we haven’t got it right as critics are put in detention, dissent silenced and majoritarian tactics used.
By Shaan Katari Libby
On any given day, one reads about protests raging and about how democracy is being compromised in the country. Whether the issue is Kashmir, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the Bihar election outcome or farm bills, there is a growing unease that all is not well. This is often followed by a sense of utter helplessness.
Democracy that holy grail that we guard so fiercely and impose on countries so vigorously what is it exactly and why do we hold it so dear? A quick look at history reveals that in ancient Athens (6th century BC) where it evolved, it was quite literally a government “for the people by the people” (demos means people and kratos is power). Every position was available to citizens via a lottery. They held the
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Karnataka High Court stays govt order dropping 61 criminal cases against ministers, MLAs
The Karnataka High Court on Monday stayed the government order dated August 31 this year dropping 61 criminal cases against Ministers and MLAs.
The division bench of Chief Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Vishwajith Shetty was hearing a petition filed by the People Union of Civil Liberties, Karnataka, challenging the August 31 order by which the government had decided to grant permission for the withdrawal of prosecution of 61 cases, under Section 321 of Code of Criminal Procedure.
Advocate Clifton D’Rozario, appearing for the petitioners, had argued that the decision was against the rule of law. The cases withdrawn include ones against state Law Minister JC Madhuswamy, Tourism Minister C.T. Ravi and Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil, claimed the petition.