TheJaggi

Judges believe that they are beyond question, while, at the same time, they can question anybody. Now consider the following hypothetical statement critiquing the judiciary. “If any process results in denying justice to millions and millions of Indian citizens, making them second class citizens in their own country in the sense of being citizens without the benefit of equal treatment before the law , such a process is intrinsically arbitrary. No amount of whataboutery can justify it. It strikes at the very heart of the Constitution and I would go to the extent of saying that it is a negation of the constitutional order which we have adopted under the Constitution of India.” (words in italics inserted by author) This is actually a statement made by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court, but with some words that indirectly referred to the Election Commission (another constitutional body) being modified by me. The purpose is to show that for every accusing finger raised by the judi...

The heroics of an Indian pilot and some passengers on a Flydubai flight prevented a suicidal co-pilot from creating another 9/11 incident. This should force the world to think again on the downsides of ideology. Ideology, whether based on religion or something else, is a trap, and ultimately will lead us to disaster. While we can let the investigators decide whether or not the co-pilot, Hammam al-Hammami, was indeed a radicalised Islamist or not, the early indications are pointing in that direction. What we should really worry about is not just radical Islamism, but all radical or exclusivist ideologies in general, whether these get by as “universal” religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) or economic and social ideologies (capitalism, communism, liberalism, conservatism, feminism, environmentalism or libertarianism). This is not to deny the violation of rights and discrimination against people – whether defined by gender, caste, race, religion, ethnicity or ideology – but once you ...