by Subhash Rai | Apr 27, 2022 | India
First some history. According to a report in The Hindu, residents of Harijan Colony, also known as Punjabi Colony, Sweepers Colony, and Them lew Mawlong, is home to 342 families of Dalit or Mazhabi Sikhs. According to the Harijan Panchayat Committee, they “were...
by Subhash Rai | Dec 14, 2021 | India
The BJP’s Piyush Goyal, who is the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, claimed at a CII meet that India “plans to produced 5 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines next year.” For that to really fructify, and for our concern about “equitable...
by Subhash Rai | Jul 8, 2021 | Karnataka
Akram Mohammed for Deccan Herald seems to think that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first reshuffle and expansion of the ministry is a clever “calculus aimed at the poll arithmetic.” I would agree with my good friend A Narayana of Azim Premji...
by Subhash Rai | Jun 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Delta variant has been a “variant of concern” for WHO perspective, but is sounding increasingly like a variant of great concern for a lay-person. The latest news is that vaccines have reduced efficacy against the Delta Variant. While there might be a silver lining...
by Subhash Rai | Aug 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
The arguments put forth by senior advocate and Supreme Court Association Bar Association president Dushyant Dave representing senior advocate Prashant Bhushan in the contempt case against him are concerns that go beyond this case. The bench consisting of...
