MY granddaughter in Singapore sent two books for my reading. The first was by a young Indian writing in English. He had been Shefali’s classmate in Mussoorie’s Woodstock School and she was very proud of his abilities. After reading Karan Madhok’s A Beautiful Decay, I could not agre
Our constitution hangs in balance on the life of Kappan Siddique May 11, 2021, 1:28 PM IST
Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India. Author of `Choosing Hammurabi: Debates on Judicial Appointments’ (LexisNexis), `Appointing our Judges: Forging Independence and Accountability’ (LexisNexis) and `The Maoist Movement in India: Perspectives and Counter Perspectives’ (Routledge). LESS. MORE
Siddique Kappan, was on his way to investigate the gang rape of a minor dalit girl in Hathras which had sparked a nationwide outrage. He was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on October 5, 2020. As is commonplace, though illegal, the police held him incommunicado for 48 hours. For those unfamiliar with Kappan, he is a freelance journalist who has covered politics, crime, and current affairs for Malayalam-language news outlets. What may have predicated his present tragic fate is perhaps, his being the secretary of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists.